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WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement Addams
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who played a pivotal role in boycotting the Montgomery Bus line after being arrested ?
a)
Ida Wells
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Ella Baker
d)
Coretta Scott King
2.
Which governor tried to prevent 9 african american students from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas ?
a)
George Wallace
b)
Orval Faubus
c)
Strom Thurmond
d)
Lester Maddox
3.
Which amendment ensured citizenship and the basic rights of all citizens?
a)
13th amendment
b)
14th amendment
c)
15th amendment
d)
16th amendment
4.
Which civil rights leader advocated separation for African Americans and was opposed to integration ?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Medgar Evers
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Eldrige Cleaver
5.
Which president ordered the infantry division to be sent in to protect 9 African American students as they integrated central High school in little rock Arkansas?
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
John F Kennedy
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Richard Nixon
6.
which supreme court case ruled that separation is okay so long as it is equal?
a)
Plessy V. Ferguson
b)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
7.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
Segregation of public schools became illegal
b)
African Americans began to play professional sports
c)
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
d)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
8.
The March on Washington was most famous because . . .
a)
it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
b)
200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement
9.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
b)
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
c)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
d)
Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting
10.
Which type of protest did Martin Luther King oppose during the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
Sit-in
b)
Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
Race Riots
11.
What did Freedom Rides do?
a)
desegregated buses
b)
protest, sit-ins, voting
c)
preaching personal responsibility
d)
secure civil rights through court cases
12.
On February 1, 1960, four black college students in Greensboro, N.C. tried to integrate the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth; this type of protest spread across the south and became very effective
a)
sit-in campaign
b)
Riots in Birmingham
13.
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
It gave black women the right to vote
b)
It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal
c)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
d)
It gave all blacks the right to vote
14.
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
15.
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
a)
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
b)
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
c)
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
d)
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
16.
Which organization's name correctly completes this table?
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
Black Panther Party
c)
Congress of Racial Equality
d)
NAACP
17.
What did the president do for the Little Rock 9?
a)
He bought all of their textbooks.
b)
He drove them to school each day.
c)
He sent US soldiers to escort them to school each day.
d)
He bought them lunch at a lunch counter.
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