Chapter 22 The Civil Rights Era   1. What was the final event that led to the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955?     A) Ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.     B) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was arrested.     C) Ruling in Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas.     D) Rosa Parks was arrested.   2. Why was Rosa Parks arrested?     A) for sponsoring an "illegal boycott"     B) for not giving up her seat on a segregated bus     C) for participating in a protest for civil rights     D) for participating in a "sit-in" at a segregated restaurant   3. What was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s occupation?     A) a Baptist minister     B) a member of Congress     C) a physician     D) an attorney   4. The African American organization that represented civil rights cases such as Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court was the     A) National Urban League     B) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)     C) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)     D) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)   5. Which branch of the government was the most instrumental in the civil rights movement in the 1950s?     A) state and local governments     B) the judicial branch     C) the executive branch     D) the legislative branch   6. What were attempts by students to end discrimination in public restaurants in the South?     A) boycotts     B) riots     C) sit-ins     D) marches   7. Who made the famous "I have a dream" speech?     A) President John F. Kennedy     B) Malcolm X     C) President Lyndon B. Johnson     D) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   8. Which of the following was not a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?     A) provided all citizens equal access to public facilities     B) forbade discrimination in education     C) outlawed discrimination in the workplace     D) provided businesses serving the public with the option of segregation   9. The Black Muslims advocated a policy of ___________     A) integration.     B) nonviolence.     C) separatism.     D) desegregation.   10. ___________ was a minister for the Black Muslims, who popularized their ideas but later broke away from the group.     A) Stokely Carmichael     B) Huey Newton     C) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.     D) Malcolm X   11. Which of the following was a component in President Richard Nixon's "southern strategy"?     A) denying federal funding to segregated schools     B) supporting busing as an effort to end desegregation     C) preventing southern Democrats from joining the Republican party     D) appointing a southern justice to the Supreme Court   12. The practice of transporting children to schools outside their residential area to achieve desegregation is known as ___________     A) busing.     B) sit-ins.     C) the southern strategy.     D) Freedom Rides.   13. Who was the first African American woman to serve in the House of Representatives?     A) Geraldine Ferraro     B) Betty Friedan     C) Phyllis Schlafly     D) Shirley Chisholm   14. Cesar Chavez organized a nationwide coalition in 1965 asking Americans to ___________     A) boycott segregated buses.     B) boycott segregated restaurants.     C) boycott California grapes that were picked by union labor.     D) boycott California grapes that were picked by nonunion labor.   15. Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of the plight of Native Americans in the 1960s?     A) suffering from malnutrition and disease     B) less formal education than other minority groups     C) 86 years life expectancy     D) family income less than one-half national average