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WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 11mins
Most segregated city in U.S.
Selma
Montgomery
Birmingham
Jackson
Bus Boycott occurred in which city?
Montgomery, Alabama
Selma, Alabama
Atlanta, Georgia
Birmingham, Alabama
Segregation expectations not set into law.
De facto segregation
De jure segregation
Black codes
All included
What was the true purpose of the March on Washington?
Voting Rights
Jobs and Freedom
Civil Rights
Anti-literacy tests
Brown v. Board of Education established....
segregation of schools was Constitutional
segregation of housing and schools was unconstitutional
segregation of schools was constitutional so long as facilities were equal
segregation of schools was unconstitutional
How were Little Rock 9 able to attend school?
Eisenhower sent troops to protect them
JFK sent troops to protect them
LBJ sent troops to protect them
Truman sent troops to protect them
Who won Election of 1960?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
On what day was JFK assassinated?
November 22, 1968
August 23, 1963
August 26, 1968
November 22, 1963
Who shot JFK?
James Earl Ray
John Brown
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
The ________ was bombed in 1963 by the local KKK and resulted in the death of 4 girls.
16th Street Baptist Church
home of Martin Luther King Jr.
office of Malcolm X
home of Rosa Parks
Outlawed racial segregation in any public facility.
Civil Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The major weakness of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was that it didn't address _____.
Housing segregation
Educational segregation
voting discrimination
equal justice
Who signed the Civil Rights Act into law?
JFK
LBJ
Eisenhower
Nixon
Movement which advocated black nationalism, self-reliance, and self-defense.
Black Power
Gandhi
MLK Jr.'s Non-Violent Movement
Black Muslims
The Kerner Report said....
U.S. was developing one white society and one black society, totally unequal
U.S. was developing separate but equal societies of blacks and whites
the Civil Rights Movement had made great strides in merging the black and white societies together
the Civil Rights Movement was unfounded due to the separate but equal facilities given to the races
Movement which focused on desegregating interstate travel?
Sit-ins
Freedom Rides
Freedom Summer
Bus Boycott
Belief that blacks should separate and form their own society.
Black Nationalism
Harlem Renaissance
Passive Resistance
De jure segregation
Blood Sunday refers to...
Explosion of 16th Street Baptist Church
Birmingham violence w/ dogs, fire hoses, etc...
Attack on protestors on Edmund Pettus Bridge
Murder of MLK Jr.
Outlawed voting discrimination, such as literacy tests.
Voting Rights Act of 1975
Kerner Report
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Where was JFK assassinated?
Austin, TX
Dallas, TX
San Antonio, TX
Memphis, TN
Nation of Islam advocate who later advocated peaceful protest?
Bobby Seale
Malcolm X
John Lewis
Huey Newton
Extreme version of Black Power which advocated for separate black and white societies.
Black Panthers
Malcolm X Movement
Nation of Islam
All Included
Laws designed to separate the races.
De facto segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Affirmative Action Laws
Who sent the KKK to attack the Birmingham freedom riders?
Huey Newton
Bull Conner
Orval Faubus
George Wallace
T or F: The bus in Anniston, Alabama was set on fire.
True
False
The 9 high school students who were integrated into an all-white school are known as the....
Little Rock Nine
Arkansas Nine
Birmingham Crusaders
Freedom Nine
Who were the 2 political contenders of the 1960 election?
Nixon & LBJ
Nixon & Eisenhower
LBJ & JFK
JFK & Nixon
Most segregated state in U.S.?
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Use of dogs, clubs, and firehoses on protestors was part of which campaign?
Children's Crusade
Birmingham Campaign
Freedom Summer
Selma to Montgomery Marches
Voter Education Project, aka _______ resulted in the death of ____ men.
Freedom Summer; 5
Freedom Summer; 3
Freedom Summer; 12
Freedom Summer; 4
