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Unit 10 CIVIL RIGHTS
REVIEW
Match the correct name to the description of the person:
Hector P. Garcia
Delores Huerta
Martin Luther King Jr.
George Wallace
Rosa Parks
Cezar Chavez
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
Civil Rights leader who delivered his famous “I
have a dream speech” at the March on
Washington.(non-violent)
CEZAR CHAVEZ
A Chicano movement leader who helped found
the NFW. His contributions have made him one of
the most famous “Brown Power” leaders.
THURGOOD MARSHALL
An attorney for the NAACP who won the case of
Brown v Board of Education—overturned Plessy v
Ferguson
ROSA PARKS
She refused to move to the back of an Alabama
bus—as a result she became the inspiration for
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
DELORES HUERTA
She co-founded the NFW and became a Chicano
rights activist.
HECTOR P. GARCIA
World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and
founder of the American G.I. Forum
MALCOLM X
Civil Rights leader and member of the Nation of
Islam. He was known for having more radical
beliefs and even advocating violence.
GEORGE WALLACE
The Alabama pro-segregation governor who
proclaimed “segregation today, segregation
tomorrow, segregation forever”
Please label the following either T (true) or F (false)—if false then make the corrections necessary to
make the statement true.
1. Poll tax is where companies and schools are encouraged to hire/take in more minorities. __F___
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
2. Literacy Tests were outlawed with the 1965 Voting Rights Act.____T___
24TH AMENDMENT
3. The 23rd Amendment outlawed the poll tax and increased the number of African American
Voters. ____F_____
4. Title IX meant that people could no longer be subjected to discrimination under any education
program on the basis of sex (gender). ____T____
1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
5. The 1957 Civil Rights Act meant that discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex would
now be illegal in hotels, restaurants, and other places of business.___F_____
6. The 14th amendment granted citizenship and due process of law to African Americans.__T_____
7. The 15th amendment abolished slavery.___F____ - 13TH AMENDMENT
8. The 13th amendment granted universal male suffrage (vote)._____F___- 15TH AMENDMENT
9. The Brown v Board of Education decision overturned the court decision of Separate but Equal
established in Plessy v Ferguson. ____T____
VIOLENT
10. The KKK and the Black Panthers sought to overturn segregation through peaceful means.
____F_______
11. Civil disobedience is a violent way to achieve integration. ______F _ - PEACEFUL
MATCH THE ORGANIZATION WITH THE FUNCTION
1. ___D___ AIM
2. __C_____ CORE
3. __A____ NOW
4. ___E___ SCLC
5. ___B___ UFW
A. This organization was formed in 1966 to unite women in their struggle
for economic and social equality
B. This organization sought to improve conditions for migrant farm
workers
C. This organization sought to overturn segregation by peaceful means
D. This group sought to improve conditions for American Indians
E. This organization promoted non violent direct action and helped with
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
FILL IN THE BLANK:
1. MARCHES, BOYCOTTS, SIT-INS_ and “Freedom Rides” were ways that the civil RIGHTS organizations
fought against discrimination in the 1950s and early 1960’s
2. _CESAR CHAVEZ__ proposed unionization as the answer for __MIGRANT_______ farm workers.
3. The _CIVIL________ Rights Act of _1964_ would say the hotels and restaurants cannot discriminate
on the basis of race.
4. The _24TH AMENDMENT_ says that states cannot impose POLL__ taxes since these make it more
difficult for African Americans to vote.
5. The VOTING_ Rights Act of _1965____ would say that a state cannot impose procedures the deny
citizens the right to vote on account of race.
6. Orval __FAUBUS______ and __LESTER__ Maddox would have agreed with George Wallace’s view
that segregation is the right and should be enforced in the South.
7. Sweatt v. _PAINTER____ (1950), _HERNANDEZ__ v Texas (1954), __BROWN__ v. Board of
Education (1954), and Edgewood v. _KIRBY_________ (1984) all show that _COURT__ decisions played a
role in protecting minority rights during the civil rights movement.
8. What was the main goal of the civil rights movement in the 1960’s? ___END SEGREGATION ON THE
BASIS OF RACE__________
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9. The difference between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X and the Black Panthers is that
Malcolm X and the Black Panthers used __VIOLENT_____means to end segregation and Martin Luther
King used _PEACEFUL___ means to end segregation.
10. Jim _CROW___ laws were enacted in the South keep the African Americans oppressed politically
and economically.
11. One of the main goals of _AFFIRMATIVE_____ ___ACTION_______ is to promote economic gains
for minorities and women.