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WorksheetsCivil Rights Unit
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case is the subject of the excerpt above?
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Hernandez v. Texas
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
2.
Who says, "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!" He is also the governor of Alabama who does not allow 2 AA students to enter the University of Alabama.
a)
Lester Maddox
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
George Wallace
d)
Orval Faubus
3.
What event is being described in the picture which used non-violent activist actions?
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
Greensboro Sit-ins
d)
March on Washington
4.
After Brown v. Board of Education, 9 AA students were admitted into a High School. The governor and state national guard stood in front of the doors stopping the admission. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort the students. Where did the event take place?
a)
Little Rock, Arkansas
b)
Montgomery, Alabama
c)
Washington DC
d)
Del Rio, Texas
5.
What court case stated, "We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherintly unequal."
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
6.
How did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech impact the civil rights movement?
a)
It called for violent resistance, resulting in riots across the country.
b)
It inspired many people, giving strength and momentum to the movement.
c)
It was largely ignored by the movement, though regarded as a superbly written speech.
d)
It was considered controversial and fragmented the movement into small groups.
7.
Which of the following is an example of de jure (legal segregation)?
a)
White Flight
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
DuBois Factor
d)
Title IX
8.
This type of segregation occurs without any laws forcing it
a)
de jure
b)
de facto
c)
de marce
d)
de quere
9.
This NAACP lawyer used the 14th Amendment to work to integrate public schools
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Antonin Scalia
d)
Sarah O'Connor
10.
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.
11.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
12.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
13.
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
14.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
15.
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
16.
What group primarily used sit-ins as their means of protesting segregation in restaurants?
a)
NAACP
b)
NCAA
c)
SNCC
d)
SCLC
17.
Who traveled south to test whether buses were integrating or not?
a)
Freedom Writers
b)
Freedom Riders
c)
Freedom Tarcs
d)
Freedom Tacos
18.
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
19.
What was the goal of the Black Panthers?
a)
to turn American citizens against democracy
b)
to end the Vietnam War
c)
to convince African Americans to support "black power"
d)
to gain equal pay for black Americans
20.
Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?
a)
on busses
b)
in schools
c)
at polling places
d)
at lunch counters
21.
Literacy tests & poll taxes were used in the South to keep African Americans from doing what?
a)
voting
b)
serving in the military
c)
moving north
d)
getting an education
22.
Amendment that abolished the poll tax
a)
23rd
b)
24th
c)
22nd
d)
26th
23.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned
a)
any discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin
b)
discrimination in housing
c)
discrimination in hiring
d)
discrimination in voting rights
24.
What white supremacist terror organization used scare tactics to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights?
a)
KKK
b)
Anti-Saloon League
c)
Nation of Islam
d)
White Panthers
25.
What Black Nationalist group was once led by Malcolm X?
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
SNCC
c)
CORE
d)
Black Panthers
26.
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
27.
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
28.
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
29.
a)
March on Washington
b)
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
Freedom Summer
d)
Selma to Montgomery March
30.
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Freedom Summer
c)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
31.
a)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
March on Washington
c)
Freedom Rides
d)
Freedom Summer
32.
a)
Montgomery, 1955
b)
Birmingham, 1963
c)
Selma, 1965
d)
Nashville, 1968
33.
Who led the migrant farm workers?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Bobby Kennedy
c)
Cesar Chavez
d)
ZJoan Baez
34.
Cesar Chavez worked for the rights of which group of people?
a)
women
b)
farm workers
c)
teachers
d)
African Americans
35.
The "New Left" demonstrations, riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, and the Kent State protest all reflect student disapproval of...
a)
the unequal status of American women
b)
racial segregation
c)
the Vietnam War
d)
increases in college tuition
36.
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair (Progressive Era) and "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson were both intended to..
a)
suggest that a poor person could get rich with hard work
b)
demand the return of lands seized by the US government to individual Indian tribes
c)
expose the harmful effects or the environmental impact of certain products
d)
publicize the growing racial violence in American society as a result of civil rights
37.
The main goal of the "Black Power" movement was to...
a)
integrate public schools and challenge affirmative action laws
b)
gain voting rights for African Americans
c)
gain economic equality for African Americans
d)
bring an end to racial segregation in the South
38.
"The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan was an influential book in the 1960s because it...
a)
led directly to the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment
b)
helped strengthen family values
c)
reinforced the stereotype of women as mothers and housewives
d)
helped start the modern women's rights movement
39.
Which of the following groups was a major group in the fight for Civil Rights for Native Americans?
a)
AIM
b)
SCLC
c)
NOW
d)
UFW
40.
Who was the leader of the United Farm Workers Union Movement?
a)
Sal Castro
b)
Gonzalo Mendez
c)
Pete Hernandez
d)
Cesar Chavez
41.
Who wrote Silent Spring about the use of pesticides in the environment?
a)
Betty Friedan
b)
Gloria Steinem
c)
Rachel Carson
d)
Phyllis Schlafly
42.
Police raiding this bar sparked the Gay Rights Movement.
a)
Stonewall Inn
b)
Hilton Garden Inn
c)
Holiday Inn
d)
Stonewall Jackson
43.
The counterculture movement of the 1960s valued what?
a)
war and peace
b)
drugs and violence
c)
peace and love
d)
freedom and poverty
44.
The gathering at Woodstock in 1969 is best described as...
a)
a violent clash between police and students during an anti-war protest
b)
a three-day music concert dedicated to peace and love
c)
the break-in of the Democratic National Headquarters that led to Nixon's resignation
d)
a student protest to demand immediate integration for African Americans
45.
What movement valued youth, spontaneity, and_____?
a)
Countrculture
b)
Feminism
c)
Chicano
d)
Beatniks
46.
Members of the Counterculture Movement were known as what?
a)
Hippies
b)
Beatniks
c)
Yuppies
d)
Silent Minority
47.
Where did AIM take over?
a)
Alcatraz
b)
Washington DC
c)
San Francisco
d)
NYC
48.
The Voting Rights Act ________.
a)
protected African Americans’ right to vote
through federal law
b)
made it legal for African Americans to
vote for the first time
c)
made it legal for African Americans to
march peacefully
d)
was deemed unconstitutional and
repealed in 1966
49.
Adopted a legal strategy in its fight for civil rights.
a)
NAACP
b)
SCLC
c)
SNCC
d)
Black Panther
50.
This group was inspired by the Black Power Movement
a)
Native Americans
b)
Asian Americans
c)
Gay Liberation Movement
d)
Disability Movement
51.
Which movement group is this?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Chicano Movement
c)
Women's Movement
d)
Disabilities Movement
52.
What was Forrest's promise to Bubba?
a)
buy a shrimp boat
b)
bury his body
c)
take care of his mother
d)
buy a restaurant
53.
What famous musician did Forrest Gump meet towards the beginning of the film?
a)
Buddy Holly
b)
Elvis Presley
c)
Richie Valens
d)
Chuck Berry
54.
What city is the protest in?
a)
San Francisco
b)
New York City
c)
Washington DC
d)
Chicago
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