WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 57mins
An African American women who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was
Harriet B. Stowe
Rosa Parks
Michelle Obama
Coretta King
Thurgood Marshall was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement because:
A. He was the first African American to be appointed Supreme Court Justice
B. He was the lawyer of Linda Brown during Brown vs. Board of Education case
C. He spoke during the march on Washington
a. Both A and B
This law banned literacy tests and poll taxes that kept many African Americans from voting.
Civil Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Movement
24th Amendment
Thurgood Marshall, as a lawyer with the NAACP, first became famous for which of the following:
Organizing the March on Washington
Not giving us his bus seat
Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education
Giving African Americans the right to vote
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
"Separate but equal" schools were legal and should be continued
The main goal of the Freedom Riders in 1961 was to
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
inspire students to protest in Birmingham, Alabama against Jim Crow
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
desegregate schools and colleges in the South.
What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois found in 1909 in New York City to fight for equal rights?
The Back to Africa Movement
Tuskegee Institute
NAACP
Access for all movement
This act abolished racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers; unlawful for an employer to “fail or refuse to hire any individual... because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” (signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson)
Civil Rights Act 1964
Executive Order 1948
Civil Rights Act 1957
Voting Rights Act 1965
What kind of protests did Martin Luther King Jr. lead?
large
secret
nonviolent
violent
This act was passed to stop obstructions to voting for African Americans, such as paying a poll tax or taking a literacy test in order to be eligible to vote.
Civil Rights Act 1957
Civil Rights Act 1964
Executive Order 1948
Voting Rights Act 1965
The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and whites who rode buses together to do what?
Encourage black Americans to leave the South and move north
to protest racial segregation throughout the south
to promote membership in the KKK
to gain support for the Vietnam war
In 2012 John Lewis released a book entitled Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change. Select the best answer that explains why he chose this as the title for his book.
Because he was a young reporter who covered the March on Washington for television.
Because he was one of the first African American students who enrolled in previously all white schools.
Because he was the first African American congressman from Georgia who passed laws to end segregation.
Because he was one of the leaders who led marchers over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma as a protest for voting rights.
What was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
An organization of older white leaders from the North.
Religious leaders from around the world who came to the United States.
A group of guerrilla fighters who attempted to start race riots and bombings of government buildings.
A group of college students who helped organize protests, boycotts, and voter registration events.
In August 1963, civil rights leaders organized a massive rally in the nation's capital to urge passage of President Kennedy's civil rights bill. More than 200,000 marchers attended the rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
New York gathering
March on Washington
Greensboro sit-ins
Montgomery Boycott
What became known as “Bloody Sunday”?
The day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at a hotel in
Memphis, Tennessee.
The day MLK gave his “Dream” speech to end the March on Washington.
The day Medgar Evers was assassinated by a white supremacist
and Klansman in Mississippi.
The day John Lewis led marchers in Selma, Alabama who were beaten by Alabama State Troopers as they reached the end of the Pettus Bridge.
From the 1890s to 1950s, the ____________, were used to legalize segregation and discrimination in the South.
Emancipation Proclamation
The 14th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Laws
_________, an African American lawyer was approached by the NAACP to argue this famous case in hopes of ending segregation in the public schools.
Malcolm X; Little Rock 9
Thurgood Marshall; Brown vs Board of Education
Dr. Martin L. King; Brown vs Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall; Voting Rights Act
Dr. King believed in using peaceful demonstrations to get the government to listen to the demands of the Civil Rights Movement. He was influenced by this person....
Malcolm X
Buddah
Mahatma Ghandi
Marcus Garvey
Law passed in 1964 that required all public facilities to be integrated and outlawed discrimination in business and labor unions.
Racial equality law
Ramsey Movement
Veteran's Administration Act
Civil Rights Act
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
each state could decide if they would have racial segregation
racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
the "separate but equal" doctrine was legal
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by this President
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
The use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change
ultra-violence
anti-agression
non-violence
non-violation
Bringing separate groups together
integration
Intimidation
discrimination
segregation
Who was the NAACP leader who was influential in integrating southern colleges? He was later killed in the driveway of his Jackson home.
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
Medgar Evers
Where did the first sit-in take place?
Montgomery, Alabama
Atlanta, Georgia
Little Rock, Arkansas
Greensboro, North Carolina
In which store did the first lunch counter sit-ins take place?
Woolworths
The Warehouse
Walmart
K Mart
What is it called when African Americans would refuse to leave "whites-only" lunch counters to protest segregation?
Boycotts
Riots
Freedom Rides
Sit-ins
The arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 led to
Sit-ins at lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina
a boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Alabama
integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas
riots in Watts, Los Angeles.
what was the abbreviation of the Civil Rights organization formed in 1909?
NCAA
NAACP
NASDAQ
NPCCA
Which Civil Rights leader gave speeches advocating that black Americans rely on themselves, and resist racism even if it meant using violence?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
John Lewis
Medgar Evers
This organization was founded by Ella Baker in 1960 to give students more leadership in the Civil Rights movement.
NAACP
NCAA
NYPD
SNCC
