WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896 established that laws segregating African Americans were permitted in the so-called...
a)
"de facto segregation" doctrine.
b)
"Southern segregation" doctrine.
c)
"separate but equal" doctrine.
d)
"constitutional segregation" doctrine.
2.
Which event led to the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama?
a)
a riot in Montgomery
b)
the CORE sit-in
c)
the arrest of Rosa Parks
d)
a church bombing
3.
Brown v. Education was a significant case because...
a)
it declared it illegal to prevent African Americans from voting.
b)
it declared it illegal to segregate to segregate restaurants.
c)
it declared it illegal to segregate public schools.
d)
it declared it illegal to discriminate in the selling of a house.
4.
"Bloody Sunday" occurred in reaction to which event?
a)
the Selma march
b)
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
the March on Washington
d)
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
5.
How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 help African Americans?
a)
The act authorized the U.S. attorney general to send federal employees to register voters.
b)
The act suspended literacy tests in counties where less than half of all adults were registered to vote.
c)
The act outlawed discrimination in housing sales and rentals.
d)
The act gave the federal government more power to force school desegregation.
6.
Which group worked to fight segregation and other inequalities primarily through the courts?
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
c)
SCLC
d)
AIM
7.
The route of the Freedom Riders went through...
a)
the Midwest.
b)
the South.
c)
New England.
d)
the West.
8.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through...
a)
violence and riots.
b)
the political system.
c)
education.
d)
nonviolent passive resistance.
9.
CORE successfully integrated many restaurants by using...
a)
protest marches.
b)
boycotts.
c)
sit-ins.
d)
threats.
10.
The Southern Manifesto encouraged white Southerners to...
a)
defy the Supreme Court.
b)
embrace desegregation.
c)
march against civil rights.
d)
obey local law enforcement.
11.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. drew on the philosophy and techniques of...
a)
John F. Kennedy.
b)
Frederick Douglass.
c)
Thurgood Marshall.
d)
Mohandas Gandhi.
12.
In Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent African American students from entering a white high school by...
a)
closing the school.
b)
redrawing the school district.
c)
hiring the Ku Klux Klan.
d)
deploying the National Guard.
13.
The organization founded by student civil rights activists was...
a)
SNCC.
b)
CORE.
c)
NAACP.
d)
SCLC.
14.
The purpose of the Selma march was to campaign for...
a)
job rights for African Americans.
b)
voting rights for African Americans.
c)
new desegregation laws.
d)
voting rights for women.
15.
In what city did brutal violence against demonstrators lead to Dr. King being jailed?
a)
Selma, Alabama
b)
Memphis, Tennessee
c)
Birmingham, Alabama
d)
Montgomery, Alabama
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