Final US Studies Quiz

1.Which of the following was a Civil Rights leader that promoted civil disobedience?

a. Malcolm X

b. Martin Luther King Jr.

c. John F. Kennedy

2. Which of the following was a Civil Rights leader that used violence to influence civil rights?

a. Malcolm X

b. Martin Luther King Jr.

c. John F. Kennedy

3. This group of Civil Rights activists tried to make their point by riding buses through the south?

a. Freedom Riders

b. Black Panthers

c. The Beats

4. This group of students attended a High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

a. Little Rock 9

b. Black Panthers

c. The Beatles

5. Who controlled Vietnam before the start of the Vietnam War?

a. England

b. Tony Stark

c. France

6. This chemical was used in fighting during Vietnam?

a. Nitrogen

b. Napalm

c. Earth, Wind and Fire

7. Communist leader of Vietnam?

a. Mai Lai

b. Ho Chi Min

c. Mao Zi

8. What kind of tactics did the Vietcong use against the US?

a. Guerrilla War Tactics

b. Mind Tactics

c. Bubble Gum Tactics

9. Supreme Court case that deemed segregation OK if it was separate but equal?

a. Brown v. Board of Education

b. Loving v. Virginia

c. Plessy v. Ferguson

10. He was a Civil Rights leader for Latino farm workers?

a. Pablo Escobar

b. Cesar Chavez

c. Poncho Villa

11. Native American Civil Rights activists occupied which of the following sites in America? Pick two!

a. Alcatraz

b. Lincoln Memorial

c. Mt. Rushmore

d. Grand Canyon

12. This act made sure that people would not be denied employment based on race, sex, religion etc…?

a. Civil Rights Act 1957

b. Civil Rights Act 1964

c. Voting Rights Act 1965

13. What president lost support because of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

a. JFK

b. Lindon Johnson

c. Richard Nixon

14. This is the idea of a slow removal from Vietnam? President Nixon came up with the idea?

a. The Great Migration

b. Vietnamization

c. Operation Withdrawal

15. What Civil Rights leader was not assassinated?

a. Robert Kennedy

b. Rosa Parks

c. Malcolm X

d. MLK Jr.