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Civil Rights & Women's Suffrage Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a common goal for M.L.K, Gandhi, and Mandela?

a)

To unite all churches

b)

To obtain religious freedom

c)

To replace segregation with an equal society

d)

To create a separate space for colored people

2.

What were women fighting for in the early 20th century?

a)

for suffering

b)

for suffrage

c)

for the right to go to school

d)

for the right to go to work

3.

How did governments enforce integration? (How did they make sure schools & public places were integrated?)

a)

They announced it in the streets

b)

They made boycotted

c)

They created songs about integration

d)

They created strict laws

4.

Why was it important for protesters to train for non-violence during civil rights movements?

a)

To make people angry

b)

To train themselves in resistance

c)

To create an army

d)

To see what their behavior is like

5.

How did women use the constitution to argue for their rights?

a)

They argued that women were equal to men, therefore the federal government had to grant them the right to vote like men

b)

They argued that women had to follow state laws and pay taxes, therefore they should have the right to vote like men

c)

They argued that because women were responsible for taking care of their home, they should have the right to vote like men

d)

They argued suffrage was not for women

6.

How did women use moral persuasion to argue for their right to vote?

a)

They argued that women were equal to men, therefore the federal government had to grant them the right to vote like men

b)

They argued that women had to follow state laws and pay taxes, therefore they should have the right to vote like men

c)

They argued that because women were responsible for taking care of the home, they should have the right to vote like men

d)

They argued suffrage was not for women

7.

What would be something Gandhi would believe in?

a)

The ocean is dirty

b)

If there are a few bad people in the world, that does not mean all people are bad

c)

Protesters should fight those who are mean to them

d)

People should protest environmental issues

8.

If a school is DESEGREGATED, that means....

a)

schools separate students by color

b)

all students attend the same school, but are separated by color in their classrooms

c)

Schools have a dress code

d)

students are integrated, or mixed together

9.

The Civil Rights movement in the United States began as a reaction to

a)

equality in public education

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

integration

d)

desegregation

10.

Who organized the Convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y.?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Lucretia Mott

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott

e)

All 3

11.

What do the United States, India, and South Africa have in common?

a)

The citizens had peaceful protests in the fight for Civil Rights

b)

The citizens all used violence in the fight for Civil Rights

c)

The citizens all voted for their rights

d)

The citizens all held political campaigns

12.

Gandhi, King, and Mandela all used nonviolent protests. What contribution did they make?

a)

They ended cultural conflict

b)

They protected their country from invasions

c)

They cooperated in trade networks

d)

They improved human rights

13.

What contributed to the women's suffrage movement?

a)

new technologies, because it made housework less demanding

b)

automobiles, because it made it easier for women to travel

c)

more children, because it increased the importance of women in the home

d)

being banned from the workforce, because it gave them more time to devote to social causes

14.

Why were Jim Crow laws originally created?

a)

To help integrate schools

b)

To segregate people in the South

c)

To give African Americans more rights

d)

To unify the races

15.

Integration means to combine, or mix together. Which of the following is an example of integration?

a)

Parks and hospitals were segregated.

b)

Brown. v. Board of Education was a court case that desegregated the schools.

c)

Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus.

d)

Women were granted suffrage.