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WorksheetsCivil Rights and S.C.
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What group(s) formed to fight the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision and keep segregation?
a)
Friendship Nine
b)
White Citizens Councils
c)
Knights of the White Camelias
d)
National Urban League
2.
Which civil rights leader from S.C. founded citizenship schools to improve literacy and African-American voter registration?
a)
Modjeska Simkins
b)
Septima Clark
c)
Matthew J. Perry
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
3.
Which civil rights leader from S.C. founded citizenship schools to improve literacy and African-American voter registration?
a)
Modjeska Simkins
b)
Septima Clark
c)
Matthew J. Perry
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
4.
What S.C. civil rights leader worked on the Briggs v. Elliott case and the Elmore v. Rice case?
a)
Septima Clark
b)
Modjeska Simkins
c)
Angela Davis
d)
Rosa Parks
5.
What S.C. lawyer fought segregation in the courts and later became a federal judge?
a)
Matthew J. Perry
b)
Harry Briggs
c)
Jesse Jackson
d)
Al Sharpton
6.
Which peaceful form of protest was used to desegregate all white restaurants in the South?
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Peace camps
c)
Hunger strikes
d)
Whistleblowing
7.
What strategy was used by the Friendship Nine in S.C. that was adopted by other civil rights protesters?
a)
Double "V"
b)
Jail, no bail
c)
Sitdown strikes
d)
Bus boycotts
8.
Why did many southern whites leave the Democratic Party in 1948?
a)
The party promoted civil rights
b)
The party refused to allow African-Americans to register to vote
c)
The party only nominated northern candidates for office
d)
The party wanted to keep the military segregated
9.
What actions did Strom Thurmond take to oppose the Brown decision and the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
He wrote the "Southern Manifesto"
b)
He called for a white bus boycott
c)
He led a "March on Washington"
d)
He resigned his seat in Congress
10.
What famous case did the Briggs v. Elliott case become part of?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Elmore v. Rice
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Roe v. Wade
11.
What court case made segregation legal in the U.S.?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Roe v. Wade
d)
Elmore v. Rice
12.
What slogan and movement that began during World War II sought to give African-Americans full civil rights at home and victory abroad?
a)
Jail, no bail.
b)
Double "V"
c)
Friendship Forever
d)
Make America Great
13.
Which lawsuit called for equalization of black Clarendon County Schools with white schools?
a)
Briggs v. Elliot
b)
Elmore v. Rice
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Marbury v. Madison
14.
Which Supreme Court case ruled that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Briggs v. Elliot
c)
Elmore v. Rice
d)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
15.
The Orangeburg Massacre began as a protest about a segregated
a)
bus station
b)
restaurant
c)
bowling alley
d)
college
16.
What Supreme Court case set the legal precedent “separate but equal” and was reversed by the Brown decision?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
c)
Roe v. Wade
d)
Briggs v. Elliott
17.
What approach was taken by the NAACP to fight discrimination and segregation?
a)
legal challenges in courts
b)
boycotting elections
c)
building separate public accommodations
d)
Sitdown strikes
18.
What movement was helped and energized by the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
Women's Rights Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Environmental Movement
d)
Chicano Movement
19.
What important national legislation resulted for the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
b)
The 17th and 20th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
c)
No Child Left Behind Act and the Educational Improvement Act
d)
The Affordable Housing and Health Care Acts
20.
The Briggs v. Elliott case was originally about
a)
bus transportation for black students
b)
black schools not having football fields
c)
unequal pay between black and white teachers
d)
segregated restaurants
21.
Which S.C. lawsuit resulted in allowing African Americans the right to vote in the political primaries?
a)
Roe v. Wade
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Elmore v. Rice
d)
Briggs v. Elliott
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