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WorksheetsAmerican Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When was slavery abolished in the USA?
a)
1807
b)
1865
c)
1964
d)
1990
2.
What were the 'Jim Crow' laws?
a)
Laws denying black people equal rights.
b)
Laws abolishing slavery.
c)
Laws giving black people equal rights.
d)
Laws for white people.
3.
In the USA, black people were not allowed to use 'whites only' public facilities. What is this called?
a)
Slavery
b)
Lynching
c)
Apartheid
d)
Segregation
4.
When did segregation in the US army end?
a)
1942
b)
1943
c)
1945
d)
1948
5.
Who refused to give up their seat to a white man on a bus in 1955?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Martin Luther King
c)
Rev Brown
d)
Carl Marx
6.
What happened in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?
a)
Martin Luther King led a boycott of buses by black people until the Town Council abolished segregated buses.
b)
Nine black students exercised their right to go to a white school.
c)
People marched to the Lincoln Memorial to hear Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech.
d)
Martin Luther King was assassinated
7.
What is the 1963 Washington Freedom March is famous for?
a)
The phrase 'black is beautiful'.
b)
Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech.
c)
The assassination of Martin Luther King.
d)
The uniting of whites and bla
8.
When was Martin Luther King assassinated?
a)
1963 1964 1968
b)
1964
c)
1968
d)
1970
9.
When were all black people given the vote?
a)
1964
b)
1965
c)
1968
d)
1970
10.
In the 1970s black protest became more violent. Name a radical black group.
a)
Black Panthers
b)
Black Death
c)
Black Power
d)
Black Friday
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