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WorksheetsModern Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
a)
48 hours
b)
5 years
c)
6 months
d)
A little more than a year
2.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
3.
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space by sitting in order to protest segregation.
a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
d)
Filibuster
4.
Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F. Kennedy
5.
Black nationalist leader who was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
6.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
7.
What event was organized after Rosa Parks was arrested?
a)
Birmingham bus boycott
b)
Atlanta bus boycott
c)
Memphis bus boycott
d)
Montgomery bus boycott
8.
What group primarily used sit-ins as their means of protesting segregation in restaurants?
a)
NAACP
b)
NCAA
c)
SNCC
d)
SCLC
9.
Who traveled south to test whether buses were integrating or not?
a)
Freedom Writers
b)
Freedom Riders
c)
Freedom Tarcs
d)
Freedom Tacos
10.
What strategy did MLK NOT use when fighting for equal rights?
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Marches
c)
Protests
d)
Violent Riots
11.
The Selma March is also known as ____.
a)
Bloody Sunday
b)
Black Sunday
c)
Bloody Tuesday
d)
Black Tuesday
12.
An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.
a)
affirmative action
b)
de facto segregation
c)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
d)
National Organization for Women
13.
Won a federal court case to enroll in the all-white University of Mississippi (Ole Miss); he had to be escorted to class by federal officials for several months.
a)
James Meredith
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Thurgood Marshall
14.
Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Brown vs. the Board of Education
d)
Roe Vs. Wade
15.
These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High
a)
Elite Eight
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
Arkansas Seven
d)
Final Four
16.
What slogan emphasized pride and the creation of black institutions to protect black interests?
a)
Black Power
b)
We shall overcome
c)
Yes We Can
d)
Don't give up, don't ever give up
17.
What Black Nationalist group was once led by Malcolm X?
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
SNCC
c)
CORE
d)
Black Panthers
18.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 bans the use of __________ by states.
a)
literacy tests
b)
poll taxes
c)
lynchings
d)
Photo ID requirements
19.
What movement was an attempt to register African American voters in Mississippi in 1964?
a)
Freedom Summer
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Black Power
d)
Selma March
20.
What was the impact of the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
increased voter registration/turnout
b)
end of legal racial segregation
c)
increase in minorities holding office
d)
all are correct
21.
Who gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech at the March on Washington?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
Medgar Evars
d)
Robert F. Kennedy
22.
I was a lawyer for the NAACP & the first black Supreme Court Justice
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
Barry Goldwater
d)
Medgar Evars
23.
Which of the following organizations was dedicated to the practice of nonviolent protest?
a)
KKK
b)
CORE
c)
Black Panthers
d)
Nation of Islam
24.
What strategy did the NAACP adopt in its fight for civil rights?
a)
massive resistance
b)
attacking racism in the courts
c)
direct nonviolence
d)
sit-ins
25.
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.
26.
Who did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference elect as its first leader?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Thurgood Marshall
27.
The constitutional amendment that banned states from taxing citizens to vote.
a)
Twenty-fourth Amendment
b)
Thirteenth Amendment
c)
Nineteenth Amendment
d)
twenty-first Amendment
28.
Programs that give preferences to minorities and women in hiring and admissions.
a)
affirmative action
b)
Fair Housing Act
c)
Civil Rights Act
d)
Women and Minority Act
29.
First African American to play major league baseball
a)
Jackie Robinson
b)
Kenny Washington
c)
Hattie McDaniel
d)
Guy Bluford
30.
The Selma March is also known as ____.
a)
Bloody Sunday
b)
Black Sunday
c)
Bloody Tuesday
d)
Black Tuesday
31.
What was the name of the case that ended segregation?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Scott v. Sanford
32.
De jure segregation is segregation that results from _____.
a)
laws
b)
random chance
c)
habit and custom
d)
inequalities in education
33.
According to the Kerner Commission, what was the main cause of urban violence?
a)
racism
b)
school segregation
c)
black nationalism
d)
dejure segregation
34.
This person was the first African American student to go to the University of Mississippi.
a)
Malcolm X
b)
James Meredith
c)
Stokely Carmichael
d)
MLK Jr.
35.
Requires a certain percentage of African Americans be admitted or hired
a)
24th amendment
b)
affirmative action
c)
civil rights act of 1965
d)
fair housing act
36.
A Movement encouraging African American Pride and political and social leadership:
a)
Affirmative Actionq
b)
Black Power
c)
Prejudice
d)
Civil Rights
37.
Laws that enforced strict separation of the races
a)
Jim Craw Laws
b)
Black Laws
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Superior Laws
38.
CORE was based out of
a)
the North
b)
the South
c)
Mississippi
d)
New York City
39.
CORE was
a)
violent
b)
non-violent
40.
What President sent troops to Little Rock to protect high school black students?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Johnson
c)
Kennedy
d)
Trump
41.
What President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Johnson
c)
Kennedy
d)
Trump
42.
What President said "You can disagree with the law, you just can disobey." ?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Johnson
c)
Kennedy
d)
Trump
43.
What happened to 3 civil rights activists during Freedom Summer?
a)
murdered
b)
kidnapped
c)
arrested
d)
disappeared
44.
Why did the Little Rock Nine not get into the school the 1st Day?
a)
Got lost
b)
Sent to Hospital
c)
Governor wouldn't let them
d)
Changed their mind
45.
High Point of the Civil Rights Movement
a)
March on Washington
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Freedom Summer
d)
Sit-Ins
46.
Most segregated city in America during the Civil Rights Movement.
a)
Montgomery, AL
b)
Birmingham, AL
c)
Greensboro, NC
d)
Greenbow, AL
47.
Slogan of Black Panthers
a)
Black Power
b)
More Power
c)
Brown Power
d)
Absolute Power
48.
What is the only one listed that did not deal with voting rights?
a)
Little Rock Nine
b)
Freedom Summer
c)
Bloody Sunday
d)
24th Amendment
49.
Set the stage for the modern civil rights movement
a)
World War I
b)
Korean War
c)
World War II
d)
Great Depression
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