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Civil Rights-American History

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 11mins

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.
 Martin Luther King Jr believed in
a)
Violent protests
b)
Really loud protests
c)
Non-violent protests
d)
Violence  when needed protests
6.
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks were part of what movement in the 1950s and 1960s?
a)
Anti-Immigration Movement
b)
Free Silver Movement
c)
Urban Renewal Movement
d)
Civil  Rights Movement
7.
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
8.
This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender,  or religion. 
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
15th  Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Movement
9.

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

10.

What is civil rights?

a)

the rights of citizens to social freedom and equality

b)

the rights of a person accused of crime

c)

the rights to freedom of speech and the press

d)

the rights to freedom of religion and speech

11.

What Supreme Court case took place in 1954?

a)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

12.

What group of college students in 1960 used peaceful protesting such as using sit-ins at lunch counters and helped promote voter registration across the South?

a)

SNCC

b)

SCLC

c)

YMCA

d)

NAACP

13.

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

14.

Which case overturned Plessy v Ferguson

a)

Miranda v Arizona

b)

Mapp v Ohio

c)

Brown vs Board of Education

d)

Gideon vs Wainwright

15.

Designing remedies for overcoming racism and sexism by taking race and sex into account

a)

Affirmative action

b)

De facto segregation

c)

NOW

d)

Compensation action

16.

A black interest group active primarily in the courts

a)

NAACP

b)

NOW

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Suspect Classification

17.

A philosophy of peaceful violation of laws considered unjust and accepting punishment for the violation

a)

Nonviolent Civil Disobedience

b)

Preferential Treatment

c)

Strict scrutiny

d)

Reverse discrimination

18.

The standard under which the court once upheld racial segregation

a)

De Facto Segregation

b)

Freedom of choice

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Brown V. Board of Education

19.

Jackie Robinson is best know for ...

a)

Being the first man to play Major League Baseball.

b)

Being an awesome college baseball player.

c)

Being the first African American man to play Major League Baseball.

d)

Being the first African American man to play Major League Basketball.

20.
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
d)
Filibuster
21.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
22.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
23.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 sought to end the series of laws in the south known as

a)

Habeas Corpus

b)

Jim Crow laws

c)

the Black Codes

d)

Affirmative Action

24.

The case of Brown V. Board of Education is an example of a group seeking redress of grievances through

a)

judicial action

b)

executive action

c)

economic boycotts

d)

congressional action

25.

In 1968, A.I.M. was founded to

a)

prevent Native Americans from migrating away from the reservation.

b)

allow Native Americans to rule themselves (self-government).

c)

extend the right to vote to Native Americans.

d)

allow Native Americans to secure their rights and their heritage.

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