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Civil Rights Movement CBN

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did African Americans fight for during the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

segregation

b)

equal rights

c)

poll taxes

2.

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Rosa Parks

3.

In Brown vs Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court ruled that public schools must _____________________.

a)

segregate

b)

integrate

c)

close

4.

Which African American refused to give up a seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Rosa Parks

5.

As a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the US Supreme Court outlawed ___________________________ of all public

transportation.

a)

smoking

b)

integration

c)

segregation

6.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged others to use ______________________ tactics in order to gain civil rights.

a)

non-violent

b)

violent

c)

cruel

7.

What was the peaceful demonstration where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech?

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

March on Washington

c)

Voting rights protest

8.

What was the law that prohibited discrimination based on race, gender, or religion?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Brown vs Board of Education

9.

What law banned literacy (ability to read) tests used in voting?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Voting Rights Act

c)

Jim Crow Laws

10.

What was the protest where African Americans refused to ride buses until segregation on public transportation was outlawed?

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

March on Washington

c)

Civil Rights Act

11.

What was the civil rights case where the Supreme Court ruled it illegal for schools to be segregated?

a)

Voting Rights Act

b)

Plessy vs Ferguson

c)

Brown vs Board of Education

12.

What was the peaceful protest of over 250,000 people on the nation's capital called?

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Civil Rights Movement

c)

March on Washington

13.

Whose assassination in 1968 angered Americans and caused many riots?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Thurgood Marshall