WorksheetsBHM Presentations Period 8 2017
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This Supreme Court Case helped end segregation.
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Pasquale v. Bolea
c)
Mapp v. Ohio
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
2.
This person is well known for their "I have a dream" speech
a)
Malcolm Little
b)
Ella Baker
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Ralph Ellison
3.
This Civil Rights Activist was sentenced to ten years in prison for robbery when young, although he was paroled after seven years.
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Ralph Ellison
c)
Jim Crow
d)
Malcolm Little
4.
This person won the National Book Award in 1953 for Invisible Man.
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Ella Baker
c)
Malcolm Little
d)
Ralph Ellison
5.
Which team did Jackie Robinson first play for in MLB?
a)
New York Yankees
b)
Los Angeles Dodgers
c)
Pittsburgh Pirates
d)
Brooklyn Dodgers
6.
This SCLC member was also a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and one of the leading women in the Civil Rights Movement.
a)
Etta James
b)
Ella Baker
c)
Etta Cox
d)
Rosa Parks
7.
This person was Valedictorian of their college, Shaw University.
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm Little
c)
Ella Baker
d)
Ralph Ellison
8.
This was the first African-American Church in Birmingham, AL.
a)
Sixteenth St. Baptist Church
b)
St. Nunzio Catholic Church
c)
St. Paul Lutheran Church
d)
Hope Christian Church
9.
This Civil Rights Activist split with the Nation of Islam and converted to become a Sunni Muslim.
a)
MLK
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Ella Baker
d)
Ralph Ellison
10.
This was the name given to segregationist laws in the South
a)
Jim Crow
b)
Separatist
c)
Uncle Tom
d)
Little Rock Nine
11.
This Supreme Court Case helped continue segregation.
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Pasquale v. Bolea
c)
Mapp v. Ohio
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
12.
This person's father was found dead, probably murdered. However his death was ruled an "accident."
a)
MLK, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Ralph Ellison
d)
Ella Baker
13.
This person was a Baptist Minister, a founding member of the SCLC, a major Civil Rights Leader, and a proponent of non-violent protests.
a)
MLK, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Ralph Ellison
d)
Ella Baker
14.
This person lettered in four different sports in high school
a)
Jackie Robinson
b)
Ralph Ellison
c)
MLK, Jr.
d)
Ralph Ellison
15.
This person's arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
a)
Ella Baker
b)
MLK, Jr.
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Ralph Ellison
16.
This person wrote the book Invisible Man.
a)
Malcolm Little
b)
Ralph Ellison
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
MLK, Jr.
17.
After this crime in 1963, no one was prosecuted until 1977.
a)
Emmett Till Murder
b)
Sixteenth St. Baptist Church Bombing
c)
Malcolm X's Murder
d)
MLK, Jr's assassination
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