Civil Rights Movement - Making Claims

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

• An ongoing fight against the unfair treatment of African Americans

• A war between America and Great Britain

• A movement that supported the separation of black people and white people

• A day that celebrates United States history

What were the laws called that separated black people from white people?

• Amendments

• New Deal laws

• Lincoln laws

• Jim Crow laws

Who of the following were important figures in the Civil Rights Movement?

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Claudette Colvin

• Rosa Parks

• John F. Kennedy

Which of the following supports the claim that Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement?

• Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott.

• Martin Luther King Jr. lead many protests including the March on Washington.

• Rosa Parks was arrested.

• Martin Luther King Jr. died in 1968.

True or False: Segregation is when one group is kept separate from another.

• True

• False

Which of the following was an event of the Civil Rights Movement?

• March from Selma to Montgomery

• Battle of Wounded Knee

• Constitutional Convention

• The election of the first Black president of the United States

Which of the following supports the claim that African Americans were treated unfairly?

• The National Civil Rights Museum is in Memphis, Tennessee.

• Slavery was abolished.

• Certain laws did not allow African Americans to vote.

True or False: Jim Crow laws allowed discrimination to continue after slavery was outlawed.

• True

• False

Why do you think the Civil Rights Movement was important?

True or False: African Americans continue to fight for fair treatment today.

• True

• False