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US Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means to separate by gender, race, or religion?

a)

Integrate

b)

feminists

c)

segregate

d)

civil rights

2.

What is it called when African Americans would sit at "whites-only" lunch counter to protest segregation?

a)

Boycott

b)

School

c)

Bus

d)

Sit-in

3.

MLK Jr organized a __________ of buses in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her seat up to a white man.

a)

strike

b)

boycott

c)

slow-down

d)

sabotaging

4.

Which act banned segregation in public places and outlawed discrimination in the workplace?

a)

The Freedom Summer Act

b)

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

5.

The NAACP worked to end

a)

civil rights

b)

boycotting

c)

integration

d)

segregation

6.

The arrest of Rosa Parks led to

a)

Sit-ins at lunch counters

b)

a boycott of city buses

c)

integration of schools

d)

riots in Watts

7.

What Amendment did the Supreme Court rule "separate but equal" violated?

a)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

b)

The Fourteenth Amendment

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The First Amendment

8.

Where did MLK Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech ?

a)

at the voting rights march in Selma

b)

at the March on Washington

c)

while he was in a Birmingham jail

d)

in defense of the Freedom Riders

9.

Both MLK and Malcolm X were assassinated

a)

True

b)

False

10.
Which was a major aim of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning segregation?
a)
to allow buses to have assigned seats for all passengers
b)
to have political marches monthly
c)
to encourage all people to gain choices
d)
to end segregation laws that caused inequality
11.
What role did the Civil Rights movement play in the lives of African Americans during the 1950s?
a)
It provided most African Americans with housing.
b)
It provided most African Americans with jobs.

c)
It encouraged African Americans to fight for equal rights.
d)
It encouraged African Americans to travel throughout the world
12.
Monroe Elementary School, in Topeka, Kansas, played an important role in the landmark Supreme Court case, Brown vs. Board of Education. How did the Brown vs. Board of Education decision affect the Civil Rights movement?
a)
It led to the integration of public schools.

b)
It led to the continuation of segregated public schools
c)
. It led to the removal of African Americans from public schools.
d)
It led to more limits on the rights of African Americans.
13.
How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?
a)
It gave free transportation to African Americans
b)
It segregated buses in America
c)
 It made Rosa Parks lots of money
d)
It helped de-segregate buses in America
14.
What are Civil Rights?
a)
Rights that only some citizens get
b)
Rights that all citizens get
c)
 Rights that are civil
d)
Rights that are controlled by the president
15.
This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting. 
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Voting Rights Act
c)
Civil Rights Movement
d)
24th Amendment
16.
How did newspapers and media play a role in the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
They showed how great Jim Crow laws were
b)
They showed how unfair Jim Crow laws were and helped convince people to join the Civil Rights Movement
c)
 They made a lot of money following Martin Luther King Jr. 
d)
All of the above
17.
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
b)
It allowed blacks to run for public office
c)
It ended segregation in schools
d)
It made poll taxes illegal
18.

The Jim Crow Laws...

a)

enforced segregation

b)

enforced integration

c)

enforced white supremacy

d)

both 1 and 3

e)

both 2 and 3

19.
What did the KKK do to resist the blacks
a)
They do everything to them, except burning crosses
b)
They peacefully protested in the streets
c)
Started with burning crosses. Riots parades, and marches, Then in the 1960s the KKK became more active burning black schools churches and many other violent acts against blacks.
d)
Started with burning crosses. Riots parades, and marches, Then in the 1960s the KKK became more active burning black schools churches and many other violent acts against whites
20.

How many members are there in the KKK today

a)

100-200

b)

17000-19000

c)

5000-8000

d)

24000-26000

e)

no longer around

21.

WWII had what impact on the Civil Rights Movement

a)

reminded Americans that despite African Americans fighting for the US, they had little rights in the US

b)

demonstrated the hypocrisy of fighting the racist Nazi state and the Jim Crow laws back in America

c)

led President Truman to pass 2 executive orders banning segregation in Federal employment, including in the military

d)

All of the above

22.

Brown Vs the Board OF Education was...

a)

successful

b)

not successful

c)

completely ended segregation in schools

d)

both 1 and 3

e)

partially succesful

23.

Malcolm X...

a)

was his birth name

b)

was a Muslim

c)

believed in non-violent action

d)

believed in self-defence

e)

advocated positive segregation

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