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WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What constitutional amendment abolished the poll tax that was used to deter black voters from voting?
a)
5th amendment
b)
12th amendment
c)
13th amendment
d)
24th amendment
2.
African Americans refusing to use buses in a southern city, sparked by a woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus. This was a protest against segregation in the public transit (bus) system.
a)
Montgomery Boycott
b)
March on Selma
c)
Freedom Summer
d)
The Little Rock Crisis
3.
Supreme Court decision that approved or allowed racial segregation laws using "separate but equal" rule.
a)
Citizens' United
b)
Dred Scott Case
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
4.
Name this iconic Civil Rights leader who led the Civil Rights movement using the ideas of non-violent civil disobedience. He was one of the leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Council
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Homer Plessy
c)
John Lewis
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
5.
What constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.?
a)
13th amendment
b)
14th amendment
c)
15th amendment
d)
16th amendment
6.
Who was responsible for sparking the Montgomery bus boycott?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King
d)
Thurgood Marshall
7.
What was the popular motto of the Civil Rights Movement used by activists in the 1950's and 1960's?
a)
We Shall Overcome
b)
We are all Winners
c)
Survival of the Fittest
d)
We Shall Fight
8.
What amendment states that citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race or color?
a)
1st amendment
b)
13th amendment
c)
15th amendment
d)
19th amendment
9.
What argument(s) did Reverend Brown use to try to convince the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, to allow his daughter, Linda, to attend the all white school?
a)
The all white school was better than the all black school
b)
The all white school was closer to her house and a safer walk
c)
14th Amendment to the US Constitution
d)
All choices are correct
10.
Name the president who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
a)
Harry S Truman
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
John F. Kennedy
11.
Landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional.
a)
Ranger v. Board of Indiana
b)
Board of Education v. Mrs. Lansberry
c)
Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
12.
Protesters who took part in the Freedom Rides...
a)
were all African Americans.
b)
felt that continued segregation was good for both whites and African Americans.
c)
faced no personal danger.
d)
risked being beaten, arrested, or even killed.
13.
What constitutional amendment gave citizenship to anyone born in the US and gave equal protection under the law?
a)
2nd amendment
b)
13th amendment
c)
14th amendment
d)
15th amendment
14.
What landmark act outlawed (or made illegal) discrimination against blacks and women and included racial desegregation?
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Literacy Test Act of 2014
c)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
d)
Jim Crow Laws
15.
Name the first African-American Supreme Court Justice; he argued and won the Brown V. Board of Education Supreme Court case.
a)
Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Mahatma Gandhi
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Jim Crow
16.
Prejudice, discrimination, persecution, or abusive behavior towards members of another race.
a)
poverty
b)
racism
c)
equality
d)
literacy
17.
Integration means...
a)
the mixing of races in public spaces.
b)
taking part in sit-ins.
c)
the separation of races.
d)
fighting for Civil Rights.
18.
The first of what would become successful sit-ins at segregated lunch counters occurred in what city?
a)
Topeka, KA
b)
Greensboro, NC
c)
New York City, NY
d)
Little Rock , AR
19.
This was a major drive to register African American voters in Mississippi during the summer of 1964.
a)
March from Selma
b)
Greensboro sit-ins
c)
Little Rock Nine
d)
Freedom Summer
20.
Rights of individuals and citizens to receive equal treatment regardless of their race, gender, or religion.
a)
Segregation
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Racism
d)
Discrimination
21.
This was a massive rally to support the Civil Rights Bill, and where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his "I Have a Dream Speech".
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
March on Washington
c)
Assembly for All
d)
Freedom Rally
22.
Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, or ethnicity.
a)
discrimination
b)
freedom
c)
equality
d)
hatred
23.
Poll taxes and ____________ were rules and laws designed to deter or stop African Americans from voting.
a)
literacy tests
b)
photographs
c)
physical exams
d)
crows
24.
Whose writings and practices inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to encourage and use non-violence and civil disobedience?
a)
Jim Crow
b)
President Kennedy
c)
Mahatma Gandhi
d)
Rosa Parks
25.
The _____________ laws segregated African Americans and forced them to use separate, inferior facilities.
a)
Jim Crow
b)
Freedom Summer
c)
Gandhi
d)
We Shall Overcome
26.
What group did the Equal Pay Act benefit?
a)
Latinos
b)
children
c)
Cubans
d)
women
27.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., believed in ______.
a)
armed resistance
b)
separating from whites
c)
peacefully resisting unjust laws
d)
violent protests
28.
Which group did Dr. King help found?
a)
Council on Racial Equality
b)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
c)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
d)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
29.
Which statement is true about both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson?
a)
passed a civil rights bill
b)
had a lot of legislative experience
c)
worked to end discrimination
d)
came from the South
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