Quiz Me! - People: Civil RightsTest your knowledge about people in the Civil Rights era! 1 / 10Which governor ordered his state’s National Guard to stop nine young African-American students from integrating Little Rock High School? Mike Huckabee Bill Clinton Rick Perry Orval Faubus 2 / 10Prior to The American Indian Citizenship Act,... Native Americans were subject to inconsistencies in state laws regarding citizenship Native Americans were not allowed to serve in the U.S. military Native Americans had gained full citizenship status through the 14th Amendment Native Americans had to surrender their tribal citizenship 3 / 10Who is known as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement? Rosa Parks Ruby Bridges Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony 4 / 10In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Congress for expanded war powers to fight the spread of communism in Vietnam. This was known as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Red Scare Resolution Good Neighbor Policy Expansion of Power Act 5 / 10Who was the first Mexican American to receive the American Medal of Freedom? Hector P. Garcia Sonia Sotomayor Cesar Chavez Henry Bonilla 6 / 10Hector P. Garcia’s American GI Forum focused on all of the following except: Repatriation back to Mexico Public housing Education Veteran’s benefits for Mexican Americans 7 / 10Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, often referred to as the Great Dissenter? Clarence Thomas Warren Burger Thurgood Marshall Earl Warren 8 / 10What founding documents influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech? The U.S. Constitution & The Federalist Papers The Magna Carta & The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence & The U.S. Constitution The Bill of Rights & The Writ of Habeas Corpus 9 / 10The Black Panthers advocated for all of the following except: A nonviolent approach to protest and dissent Armed self-defense to help end black oppression Providing daycare, medical clinics, and other services to the African-American community African-American self-sufficiency through increased employment and housing opportunities 10 / 10Delores Huerta saw the hunger and poverty associated with immigrant workers and their children. As a result she Chaired the 1972 Republican National Convention Worked to limit the power of collective bargaining rights Directed the national grape boycott Continued her work as a teacher Your score is Try another 10!
