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Civil Rights Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This made voting easier for African Americans.

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Voting Act of 1965

c)

Sit-in

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

2.

This court case created the phrase "separate but equal."

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Parks v. Recreation

3.

This person led the Civil Rights movement with peaceful protests.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

4.

Brown v. Board of Education was a decision by the Supreme Court that said...

a)

Segregation in schools was unconstitutional

b)

Segregation was legal as long as they were "separate but equal"

c)

Black and white children could go to the same school but had to be in different classes

d)

Black students had to use a separate bathroom

5.

This person refused to give their seat to a white person on the bus.

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

6.

This made it illegal to discriminate in the workplace.

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Voting Act

c)

Equal Rights Act

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

7.

To peacefully protest by refusing to leave a place.

a)

March

b)

Riot

c)

Sit-In

d)

Dance off

8.

This person believed in using any means necessary, including violence, to get equal rights.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Darth Vader

d)

Malcolm X

9.

To stop supporting a business or country in protest.

a)

Boycott

b)

Sit-in

c)

Refusal

d)

Civil Right

10.

Ended segregation in public places

a)

Voting Act

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Civil Rights Act

d)

Black Tuesday