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WorksheetsCivil Rights
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?
Guzman V. School
Brown V. Board of Education
Miranda V. Arizona
Plessy V. Ferguson
Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ceaser Chavez
What was the significance of sending federal troops to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?
It showed that the government would enforce court decisions on integration.
It was the first time martial law had been declared in the united states
It proved that the federal government was weak.
It showed that states' governments had full control over education.
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dream that the United States would reach a time, "..when all of God's children, black men and white men, . . . will be able to join hands.." This speech expressed his desire to-
Unite all churches into one religious faith
Establish religious freedom
Create a separate free nation for African Americans
Replace racial segregation with an integrated society
In his "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail", Dr. King said, "I would agree with Saint Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'"
This statement was used by Dr. King to show support for-
Social Darwinism
Separation of church and state
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Disobedience
Civil Rights legislation that outlawed the use of literacy tests & poll taxes; enforced the 15th amendment
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
15th Amendment Act of 1965
Voter Registration Act of 1965
Young man's death, from Chicago, in Mississippi for allegedly "whistling" at a white woman; mother showed the world what life for blacks was like in the South
Rosa Parks
Claudette Colvin
Emmett Till
Jackie Robinson
380 days of bus boycott in Alabama due to the unlawful arrest of Rosa Parks; displayed the unconstitutional segregation on public buses
March on Washington
Sit-Ins
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Freedom Ride
President Truman instituted this executive order to initiate the desegregation/integration of America's armed forces
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Armed Forces Act
Executive Order 9981
Civil Rights organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr.; sought racial equality and the ending of Jim Crow Laws & enforcement of the 15th amendment
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
United Farm Workers
Civil Rights Freedom Fighters
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
A series of writings from Dr. Martin Luther King while in an Alabama jail cell; addressed concerns that desegregation was occurring too quickly; argues that people have a moral obligation to disobey "unjust" laws
Writings from Alabama
MLK's Autobiography
Journal from a Birmingham Jail
Letters from a Birmingham Jail
