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Worksheets13.2
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This group was founded by MLK Jr. to bring all black churches together in peaceful resistance and push for equal rights
a)
SNCC
b)
SCLC
c)
SCUY
d)
SCBC
2.
This group was founded by students and young people to promote non-violent methods to end inequality (sit-ins, freedom rides)
a)
SNCC
b)
SCLC
c)
SCUY
3.
Restaurant sit-ins and freedom rides throughout the south are examples of actions made by...
a)
SCLC
b)
Maynard Jackson's group of friends
c)
SNCC
d)
SCUY
4.
Why was the tactic of nonviolence so successful in achieving change?
a)
segregationists saw that there was nothing to fear from African Americans
b)
the violent response of segregationists provoked moral outrage in onlookers
c)
State governments stepped in to enforce the law and protect African American protesters.
d)
the moral stance of the protesters influenced Supreme Court justices in several key decisions
5.
The main goal of the freedom riders was to
a)
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
b)
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
c)
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
d)
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
6.
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
d)
Filibuster
7.
This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender, or religion.
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Civil Rights Act 0f 1964
c)
15th Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Movement
8.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
9.
How did newspapers and media play a role in the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
They showed how great Jim Crow laws were
b)
They showed how unfair Jim Crow laws were and helped convince people to join the Civil Rights Movement
c)
They made a lot of money following Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
All of the above
10.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
a)
banned discrimination in employment and public housing.
b)
abolished the poll tax and literacy tests.
c)
gave African Americans the right to vote.
d)
abolished slavery.
11.
What is the argument that Dr. King makes in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail?"
a)
He was defending the laws already in place.
b)
He was fighting for woman's rights.
c)
Defending both his right and his moral grounds for organizing nonviolent protest activities in support of the civil rights of African Americans.
d)
He defends that view of breaking laws when those laws are unjust.
12.
Which of the following was an effect of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
MLK formed the SCLC and became the leader of the civil rights movement
b)
The bus boycott put pressure on President Eisenhower who began working on a civil rights law
c)
It showed the effectiveness of using force to bring about change
d)
by the end of the boycott, the city bus system continued to segregate black passengers
13.
Which of the following Cause -> effect relationship is correct?
a)
March at Selma led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Brown v. Board of Education led to "separate but equal"
c)
Freedom Summer of 1964 led to the first sit-ins
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1964 led to the march on Washington
14.
What is one similarity between Letter from a Birmingham Jail and I Have a Dream speech?
a)
revealed how similar MLK was to the teachings of Malcolm X
b)
warned that black civil rights leaders were moving too fast toward integration
c)
called for immediate equality for African Americans
d)
showed how MLK was beginning to break away from Gandhi's message of nonviolence
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