Ch. 37 Martin Luther King, Jr.

A person who is _____ does not cause fighting or trouble.

• minister
• peaceful
• march
• civil rights

In 1964 Congress passed the _____.

• Civil Rights Act
• 19th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• Americans with Disabilities Act

A group of people walking together for something they believe in

• march
• respect
• Civil Rights Act
• Nobel Peace Prize

Drawing Conclusions
King told African Americans not to ride the bus in Montgomery. He also told them to ask for food in restaurants where only white people ate.

• African Americans were only allowed to sit in certain places on buses.
• King used peaceful ways to change unfair laws.
• Many Americans wanted Congress to pass new civil rights laws.
• Laws were changed so that all Americans would be treated fairly.

Who was taken to jail after refusing to give up her seat for a white person?

• Coretta Scott
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Susan B. Anthony

Only a few people listened to King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

• True
• False

Martin Luther King, Jr. told African Americans in _____ to boycott the buses.

• Washington, D.C.
• Chicago, Illinois
• Montgomery, Alabama
• New Orleans, Louisiana

During a _____, people stop buying or using a product or a service.

• peaceful
• boycott
• respect
• Civil Rights Act

Drawing Conclusions
In 1963 more than 200,000 people marched in Washington, D.C. to try to get fairer laws passed. African Americans and white Americans went to the March on Washington.

• King used peaceful ways to change unfair laws.
• Many Americans wanted Congress to pass new civil rights laws.
• Laws were changed so that all Americans would be treated fairly.
• Laws in the South kept African Americans and white people apart.

Martin Luther King, Jr. helped _____ in the North get better jobs and houses.

• congressmen
• women
• African Americans
• Japanese Americans