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WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Delivered a speech about his "dream" during the March on Washington
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
James Meredith
d)
MLK Jr.
2.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed when he was president.
a)
Malcolm X
b)
James Meredith
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
MLK Jr.
3.
This person was the first African American student to go to the University of Mississippi.
a)
Malcolm X
b)
James Meredith
c)
Stokely Carmichael
d)
MLK Jr.
4.
Demanded that SNCC no longer recruit whites and that they focus on Black Pride.
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
James Meredith
d)
MLK Jr.
5.
Former minister of the Nation of Islam who was shot while giving a speech in Harlem
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
James Meredith
d)
MLK Jr.
6.
Which event made racial segregation LEGAL and allowed for the passing of Jim Crow laws.
a)
14th Amendment
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1875
c)
Decision of Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Decision of Morgan v. Virginia
7.
What helped set the stage for the civil rights movement?
a)
Black Power Movement
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1968
c)
access to good jobs during WWII
d)
South Africa apartheid
8.
What doctrine (belief) related to public education was thrown out in Brown v. Board of Education?
a)
due process of law
b)
separate but equal
c)
all deliberate speed
d)
equal protection of the law
9.
What type of pressure was used by the Montgomery Improvement Association when it boycotted the segregation of buses?
a)
social
b)
economic
c)
political
d)
physical
10.
SNCC members used this strategy to desegregate lunch counters throughout the South.
a)
boycotts
b)
sit-ins
c)
protests
d)
marches
11.
One accomplishment of the ___ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all INTERSTATE buses/facilities.
a)
Little Rock Nine
b)
freedom riders
c)
Black Panther Party
d)
Montgomery Bus Association
12.
Where did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 make segregation illegal?
a)
housing
b)
churches
c)
private universities
d)
public accommodations
13.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 allow federal official to do?
a)
register voters
b)
make sure poll taxes were collected
c)
examine literacy tests
d)
recount votes
14.
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which case?
a)
hiring an employee
b)
selling or renting a home
c)
awarding a construction contract
d)
allowing students into state universities
15.
This event caused a huge turn in the direction of the civil rights movement.
a)
Malcolm X converting to orthodox Islam
b)
SNCC and SCLC drifting apart
c)
assassination of MLK Jr.
d)
assassination of Robert Kennedy
16.
Which of these is NOT associated with the Black Power Movement?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
Black Panthers
d)
Mississippi Freedom Party
17.
The Black Panthers believed in all of the following EXCEPT
a)
nonviolence
b)
Black Power
c)
black nationalism
d)
community development
18.
Which of these is de facto segregation?
a)
poll taxes
b)
Jim Crow laws
c)
concentration of Blacks in slum areas
d)
voter literacy tests
19.
De jure segregation is segregation based in
a)
laws
b)
random chance
c)
habit and custom
d)
inequalities in education
20.
One legacy of the movement that has been controversial is
a)
equal housing opportunities
b)
affirmative action programs
c)
black participation in politics
d)
separate but equal facilities
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