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Grade 9 Civil Rights
During the Kennedy Administration up to 1963 all the following were used to end
discrimination against African Americans EXCEPT
  1. sit-ins at public lunch counters
  2. use of federal troops
  3. violence by African Americans
  4. freedom riders on public transportation
Grade 9 Civil Rights
Which of these groups was formed specifically to protect the rights of African Americans?
  1. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  2. Anti-Defamation League
  3. Women's Christian Temperance Union
  4. African Methodist Episcopal Church
Grade 9 Civil Rights
The movement to abolish slavery is known as what?
  1. abolition
  2. transcendentalism
  3. neither of these
Grade 9 Civil Rights
Where was Malcolm X born?
  1. Reading, Pennsylvania
  2. San Diego, California
  3. Omaha, Nebraska
  4. Washington D.C.
Grade 9 Civil Rights
Which statement best summarizes Booker T. Washington's beliefs about the civil rights of African Americans?
  1. The best solution is for African Americans to return to Africa
  2. Social equality would be easier to achieve than legal rights
  3. The best way to end Jim Crow and segregation is through active and, if need be violent resistance
  4. The best way to achieve equality is through vocational training and education in schools like the Tuskegee Institute.
Grade 9 Civil Rights
What did Malcolm X want to be when he grew up?
  1. Doctor
  2. Teacher
  3. Criminal
  4. Lawyer
Grade 9 Civil Rights
Who is Earl Little?
  1. Malcolm's friend
  2. Malcolm's brother
  3. Malcolm's neighbor
  4. Malcolm's father
Grade 9 Civil Rights
By 1930 all segregation in America had ended.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Civil Rights
Malcolm X's mother committed suicide.
  1. True
  2. False
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