Civil Rights Vocabulary

The marches, protests and sit ins were all part of the _____________________ Movement.

• Segregation

• Civil Rights

• Boycott

• Anti-War

Rosa Parks' arrest inspired the Black people in Montgomery, Alabama to ________ riding the buses for over a year.

• keep

• love

• segregate

• boycott

The opposite of segregation is ____________ .

• discrimination

• integration

• nonviolence

• boycott

The Children's March was a peaceful __________ by Birmingham's children until the police got violent.

• vote

• boycott

• protest

Little Sheyann Webb protested because she wanted Black people to be able to ______________ .

• boycott

• go to school

• vote

• play baseball

Dr. Martin Luther King believed in _____________.

• violence

• nonviolence

• segregation

• discrimination

The Little Rock Nine and Ruby Bridges helped to ___________ schools in the south.

• integrate

• segregate

• boycott

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 gave all people the right to __________ .

• go to school together

• eat in restaurants

• vote

• ride buses

During the Children's March and Selma March, the police used these methods to try to stop the people from marching.

• Writing tickets

• Ignoring them

• Dogs, tear gas and jail

• nonviolence

People sang songs about freedom during the Civil Rights Movement.

• True

• False