WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Forcing African Americans to use separate drinking fountains, separate bathrooms and separate waiting rooms is an example of
a)
Segregation in the South
b)
Desegregation in the South
c)
The effects of Brown vs. Board of Education.
d)
Segregation in the North
2.
The Supreme Court Case, "Brown vs. Board" said that
a)
" Separate facilities were ok as long as they were equal"
b)
"African Americans had the right to vote just as much as any other citizen."
c)
" separate educational facilities were inherently unequal."
d)
" Slavery is not allowed in any part of the United States."
3.
Who was the lawyer that won the "Brown vs. Board" case and was later the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
a)
Earl Warren
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Jackie Robinson
4.
Student organization founded to help black citizens register to vote, led non-violent protests, sit-ins, and boycotts of business that would not serve blacks
a)
SNCC
b)
Albany Movement
c)
Brown v BOE
d)
Sibley commission
5.
Appealing to many African Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power, ______ predicted a militant approach to civil rights.
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Medgar Evans
d)
Fannie Lou Hamer
6.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
7.
Group working for Civil Rights that promoted "Black Power"
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
c)
Black Panthers
d)
Southern Democrats
8.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
9.
First African American to attend the University of Mississippi and was shot in his one man march against fear
a)
MLK Jr
b)
Malcolm X
c)
James Meredith
d)
Rosa Parks
10.
A creator of the NAACP and wanted instant equality
a)
MLK Jr
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
WEB DuBois
d)
Malcolm X
11.
Used non-violent, direct actions to end legal and social discrimination against African Americans, founded by MLK jr.
a)
NAACP
b)
SCLC
c)
CORE
d)
SNCC
12.
The members of the Nation of Islam were known by which of the following terms?
a)
Christians
b)
Muslims
c)
Jews
d)
Hindus
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