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Civil Rights Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A boycott is...
a)
a system of keeping people of different races separate. 
b)
equal treatment under laws. 
c)
a type of protest in which a group of people stop using or buying something.
2.
Including people of all races is...
a)
segregation.
b)
integration.
c)
discrimination.
3.
A protest is...
a)
a system of keeping people of different races separate. 
b)
equal treatment under laws. 
c)
a type of protest in which a group of people stop using or buying something.
d)
to publicly show objection or disapproval of something.
4.
Treating people unfairly because of the color of their skin is...
a)
equality.
b)
discrimination.
5.
Equality is...
a)
a system of keeping people of different races separate. 
b)
equal treatment under laws. 
c)
a type of protest in which a group of people stop using or buying something.
6.
Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. were both born in  which state?
a)
Alabama
b)
California
c)
Georgia
7.
Compassion is...
a)
Freedom from control of others.
b)
freedoms that every person should have.
c)
caring about other people.
d)
without violence.
8.
Jackie Robinson showed patience by...
a)
yelling back at all of the people yelling at him. 
b)
ignoring fans that called him names and threw things at him.
9.
Liberty is...
a)
Freedom from control of others.
b)
freedoms that every person should have.
c)
caring about other people.
d)
without violence.
10.
What was the name of Dr. King's famous speech in Washington D.C.?
a)
Equality Speech
b)
The Declaration of Independence
c)
I Have A Dream
11.
Civil Rights is...
a)
Freedom from control of others.
b)
freedoms that every person should have.
c)
caring about other people.
d)
without violence.
12.
What did Jackie Robinson show by being the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
a)
Compassion
b)
Courage
c)
Honesty
13.
What was Martin Luther King Jr. best known for?
a)
Pastor
b)
Civil Rights Leader
c)
Being in the army
14.
Nonviolent means...
a)
Freedom from control of others.
b)
freedoms that every person should have.
c)
caring about other people.
d)
without violence.
15.
What made it difficult for Martin Luther King Jr. to change things in the south?
a)
He didn't have a lot of money.
b)
There was segregation.
c)
He was too busy.
16.
Segregation is...
a)
a system of keeping people of different races separate. 
b)
equal treatment under laws. 
c)
a type of protest in which a group of people stop using or buying something.
17.
Like Gandhi, Dr. King believed in what kind of change?
a)
Violent
b)
Peaceful
18.
Jackie Robinson was born in which city?
a)
Atlanta
b)
San Francisco
c)
Cairo