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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was
a)
Harriet B. Stowe
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Michelle Obama
d)
Coretta King
2.
Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:
a)
Allow children to work long hours in factories
b)
Segregate schools based on people’s skin color
c)
Pay black people less than white people for similar work
d)
Return an escaped slave to his/her master  
3.
Thurgood Marshall was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement because: 
a)
b. He was the first African American to be appointed Supreme Court Justice
b)
a.  He was the lawyer of Linda Brown during Brown vs. Board of Education case
c)
He spoke during the march on Washington
d)
a.  Both A and B
4.
 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
March from  Selma to Montgomery
5.
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
6.
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
7.
 Martin Luther King Jr believed in
a)
Violent protests
b)
Really loud protests
c)
Non-violent protests
d)
Violence  when needed protests
8.
The Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote, ratified in 1920.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
15th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
23rd Amendment
9.
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
10.
This man was running for president, but was assassinated before he ever got the chance to run. 
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Robert F. Kennedy
c)
MLK
d)
FDR
11.

Farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers.

a)

MLK

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

JFK

12.

The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?

a)

Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north

b)

to protest racial segregation throughout the south

c)

to promote membership in the KKK

d)

to gain support for the Vietnam war

13.

Peaceful protests were a nonviolent tactic of the Civil Rights Movement. These protests were...

a)

Riots, Picketing, and Fights

b)

Race Riots, Looting, and Marches

c)

Affirmative Action and farm fires

d)

Sit-ins, Bus Boycotts, and Marches

14.

"The integration & desegregation of public schools is required" This quote would best describe

a)

Topeka v. Mader

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Hernandez v. Texas

15.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was

a)

A group led by Malcolm X

b)

A group led by students who focused on peaceful protest

c)

Group led by MLK that focused on marches as a form of protest

d)

A violent "black power" group of the Civil Rights Movement

16.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

a)

Allowed for immigrants to vote

b)

Increased the number of African Americans registered to vote

c)

Desegregated public spaces

d)

Gave African Americans the right to vote

17.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed segregation in public places. What else did it grant?

a)

made it illegal to practice discrimination in employment

b)

Weakened the government's ability to enforce this policy

c)

Eliminated literacy tests at the polls

d)

Outlawed segregation in private spaces

18.

All these people believed in peaceful protest except for

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Benjamin Mays

d)

Gandhi

19.

The practice of keeping people apart based on race is called

a)

segregation

b)

integration

c)

determination

d)

qualification

20.

The laws that said that blacks and whites must use different schools, restaurants, hotels, sections, of buses, etc. were

a)

Civil Rights Laws

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Segregation Laws

d)

Desegregation Laws

21.

What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois found?

a)

The Back to Africa Movement

b)

Tuskegee Institute

c)

NAACP

d)

Access for all movement

22.

organization that wanted to restore white supremacy

a)

SCLC

b)

KKK

c)

SNCC

d)

NAACP

23.

Tactic by Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers

a)

armed violence against the farm owners

b)

national grape boycotts

c)

voting for new legislation

d)

sit ins

24.

What was the feminist movement pushing for in the 1960s & 1970s?

a)

right to vote

b)

return to traditional roles

c)

defeat of the ERA

d)

passage of the Equal Rights Amendment

25.

How did Eisenhower and Kennedy respond to "Little Rock Nine" and the Freedom Rides

a)

They did not take any action

b)

Sent in federal troops as escorts

c)

supported the Southern segregationist government

d)

arrested the freedom riders and Little Rock Nine students

26.

Which case overturned Plessy v Ferguson

a)

Miranda v Arizona

b)

Mapp v Ohio

c)

Brown vs Board of Education

d)

Gideon vs Wainwright

27.

Goal of the Freedom Summer

a)

segregate schools

b)

end segregation in schools

c)

register African American voters

d)

end segregation in buses

28.

Which of the following made poll taxes illegal?

a)

26th amendment

b)

24th amendment

c)

23rd amendment

d)

15th amendment

29.

When the African Americans went on the bus ride they were known as the?

a)

Freedom Riders

b)

Freedom Fighters

c)

Free People

d)

Freedom Tapers

30.

Which civil rights leader was known for taking a more radical approach to promote change

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Thurgood Marshall

31.

The Kerner Commission was appointed to investigate the causes of

a)

violence at the Selma March

b)

The Watts riots in Los Angeles

c)

The assassination of Robert Kennedy

d)

The assassination of MLK

32.

In education the purpose of what led to enrolling more students into colleges that have previously been discriminated against in order to correct the wrong doings of the past and increase employment of discriminate populations

a)

Affirmative Action

b)

De facto Segregation

c)

Civil rights act of 1968

d)

Voting rights act of 1965

33.

What was the name of the governor of Alabama that halted desegregation in his state and at the University of Alabama?

a)

Lester Maddox

b)

Joseph McCarthy

c)

George Wallace

d)

Robert Kennedy

34.

Which movement called for the end of the Bracero Program, citing the exploitation of Mexican agricultural workers?

a)

Chicano Movement

b)

United Farm Workers Movement

c)

American Indian Movement

d)

Poor People's Campaign

35.

What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois found?

a)

The Back to Africa Movement

b)

Tuskegee Institute

c)

NAACP

d)

Access for all movement

36.
This amendment declared that all persons   born in the United States (except American Indian tribes) were citizens, that   all citizens were entitled to equal rights regardless of their race, and   their rights were protected by due process of the law (1868) (USH.9A)
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
5th
37.
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote (1870) (USH.9A)
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
5th
38.
This act abolished racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers; unlawful for an employer to “fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges or employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” (signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson) (USH.9F)
a)
Civil Rights Act 1964
b)
Executive Order 1948
c)
Civil Rights Act 1957
d)
Voting Rights Act 1965

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