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WorksheetsMississippi Civil Rights
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 2hrs 37mins
He was the first black student to enroll in the University of Mississippi on October 1, 1962.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Barack Obama
James Meredith
What is Medgar Evers most famous for?
Graduating from Brandon Middle School
Running for President of the KKK
Becoming the first Field Secretary of the NAACP
Developing the Pearl River
Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner were most famous for?
Starting a restaurant in Jackson MS
Disappearing and being murdered during the summer of 1964
Single-handedly changing voter registration in the entire nation
Starting a fraternity at Jackson State University
James Eastland was most famous for?
Going west to California to establish a community that shared equal rights.
Creating the Eastland brand of shoes during the Civil Rights era of the 1960's.
Resisting Civil Rights as an influential member of the Senate of the state of Mississippi
NAACP member working to desegregate Mississippi in many ways; assassinated while working to register African-American voters, sparking outrage and more push for change
Martin Luther King Jr.
Medgar Evers
Thurgood Marshall
James Meredith
Who is the young boy who was murdered for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi?
John F. Kennedy
Emmet Till
Trevon Martin
What is James Meredith most famous for
singing the National Anthem
Joining the Peace Corps
Marching in the first African American Marching Band
First African American to attend the University of Mississippi
What did Brown v. Board of Education decide for our country?
Segregation in public schools is legal.
Segregation in public schools is illegal.
Segregation in public school is up to the school.
Emmet Till is most famous for?
Founding Money Mississippi
Moving his family from Chicago to Money Mississippi
Being murdered by two white men while visiting family in Money Mississippi
Robbed a bank in Money Mississippi
This organization was created to get rid of racial prejudice and to help African Americans get equality under the law
Supreme Court
NAACP
Little Rock Nine
Voting Rights Act
Name the group of students who took bus trips through the south to test out new integration laws.
The Young Travelers
The Black Panthers
The Freedom Riders
True or False: African Americans had an easy time voting in the South in the early 1900s
True
False
True or False: The NAACP still exits today
True
False
Who was the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962?
James Meredith
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall was the lawyer for what Supreme Court case?
Little Rock Nine v Central High School
Brown v Board of Education
Grandfather Clause v NAACP
James Meredith v University of Mississippi
James Meredith was trying to attend a(n)
University
High School
Air force Academy
presidential election
Brown v Board Supreme Court case said what rule was unconstitutional
Voting Rights Act
Grandfather Clause
Separate But Equal
Civil Rights Act
On James Meredith's first day....
there was widespread support
there were parades in his honor
there were protests against him
a book was written about him
Jim Crow laws were used to
separate African Americans and whites
help integrate schools in the South
protect African Americans' voting rights
change the way presidential elections were held
How many years did it take for justice to be served for the racist terrorists who murdered James Chaney , Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman ?
The person who masterminded the murders was Edgar Ray Killen. He escaped punishment for 41 years. In 2005, he was finally convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of 60 years. He died in prison in January 2018!
The person who planned the murders was James Jordan. He escaped punishment for 31 years. In 1995, he was finally convicted of sentenced to the death penalty. He was executed in January 1997.
Three KKK Members did the actual killing, Cecil Price, Wayne Roberts and James Jordan. Price also drove their car off the Talahachie Bridge after burning it. In 1984 on his death bed, Cecil Price confessed his part in the murders and implicated the rest of the local KKK members in the crime. In 1987 a plea bargain was reached and justice was finally served.
No one was ever arrested for the murders of the three young men. Their killers, if any are still alive, are old men now. No one will ever know who was responsible.
Laws that made separate places for blacks and whites were called . . .
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Laws
Equal Rights Laws
Slavery
The Civil Rights Act.....
banned segregation in only courthouses
banned segregation in only parks
banned segregation in only restaurants
banned segregation in all public places
What was the name of the 14 year old African-American boy who was murdered for whistling at a white women in Money, Mississippi in 1955?
Emmett Till
Eman Till
Elijah Till
Eliot Till
What does the term integrate mean?
To punish
To disobey
To combine
To release
What did Brown vs. Board rule?
Separate but Equal was unconstitutional
Separate but Equal was constitutional
Which organization is the following: Student-led civil rights organization known for sit-ins, marches, voter registration drives, and Freedom Riders
SCVC
SCCC
SCNC
SNCC
What did Brown vs. Board end?
Segregation in private schools
Segregation in America
Segregation in public places
Segregation in public schools
Why were James Chaney , Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman murdered?
The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) wanted to stop African Americans from registering to vote and terrorize anyone from opposing segregation. The murder of the three young men would make people before "think twice" before opposing the powerful KKK.
The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) believed that the three young men had obtained a copy of a secret Klu Klux Klan (KKK) membership list and were going to sell the document to CORE (The Congress of Racial Equality).
Members of the Philadelphia, Mississippi police wanted to protect the three young men, but communist agents dressed in Klu Klux Klan uniforms kidnapped them and killed them.
Chaney, who had been driving, was charged with speeding by Neshoba County sheriff’s deputy Cecil Price. Schwerner and Goodman were held for holding open containers of beer inside the car. When the three young tried to escape, they were shot..
Which of the following was not a form of protest of the SNCC?
Sit-ins
Boycotts
Fighting police officers
Marching
Which amendment guarantees that a state will grant a citizen "equal protection under the law" and due process?
Amendment 5
Amendment 13
Amendment 14
Amendment 15
The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v Ferguson said
segregation was constitutional
"separate but equal" was equal
"separate but equal" was allowed
Which of the following ended slavery in the USA for good?
Emancipation Proclamation
Amendment 13
Amendment 14
Amendment 15
A group of blacks and whites who rode a bus from Mississippi to Washington, D.C. to protest segregation were called the . . .
Freedom Fighters
Freedom Riders
Freedom Keepers
Freedom Starters
Which of the following were obstacles to African Americans voting in the southern states?
Literacy tests
poll taxes
fear of losing one's job
limited hours and access to the registration office
Which of the photos depicts civil disobedience?
What effect did James Meredith have on the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi?
He was part of the NAACP
He was against the idea of black interrogation
He was apart of the FBI during the Civil Rights era
He was involved with a murder
What impact did the Brown vs. Board of Education court case have on Mississippi?
It ruled that Ms had to integrate to its schools.
It ruled that Ms had to have different school.
Ms ruled that the blacks and whites were in different schools.
Ms ruled to have private schools.
What wording in Brown vs. Board allowed Ms to "drag its feet" when integrating schools?
"You will not be able to have school integrate"
"There is as much time as you need"
"take your time"
"All deliberate speed"
How should the 14th amendment have overturned the Brown vs. Mississippi court case decision?
People should have unfair rights.
Because it states Everyone should be nice
Because the 14th amendment states that all citizens should be equal
It states that black and white people should be the same
Who was the biggest organization durning the Civil Rights?
NAACP
Sovereignty Commission
SNCC
KKK
Why did it take so much courage for African Americans to stand up for what they believe
Because They would be killed
Because they would be beaten
What court case decided that separate but equal public facilities are legal?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board
Scott v. Sanford
Marbury v. Madison
Before the Civil Rights Movement began, life in the south could best be described as
Deeply segregated, with African-Americans rarely able to exercise basic rights
roughly the same as life in northern states
segregated, but with most African-Americans free to vote and shop where they pleased
needing only minor adjustments for African-Americans to enjoy their full rights as citizens
The separation of blacks and whites in public places is called . . .
civil rights
slavery
segregation
separation
Some of the places where blacks and whites were separated were . . . (check 3)
Restaurants
Restrooms
Schools
Roads
Why was Mississippi such a dangerous place for African Americans and Civil Rights workers in the early 1960's? You must choose all the correct answers in receive credit.
Ku Klux Klan membership in Mississippi was soaring in 1964 -- with membership reaching more than 10,000.
In 1964 there were 61 simultaneous cross burnings throughout the state.
In the summer of 1964, 20 African American churches were bombed and burned
On June 16, 1964, Klan members burned Neshoba County's Mt. Zion Baptist Church and severely beat several people who had been attending a meeting there.
The impact of the murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner on the Civil Rights movement was...
Fox News stayed in Mississippi for an entire summer
The FBI was called to MS and the case gained national attention
President Trump visited and made a speech.
What is the "March Against Fear?"
A demonstration against Halloween in the United States
A demonstration against racism in Mississippi which resulted in James Meredith getting shot 3 times.
A demonstration for 8th grades going into the 9th grade.
A demonstration against bullying in middle schools.
How did James Eastland (the Senator from Mississippi) prevent Civil Rights Bills from passing?
He paid off the planters in North MS by providing subsidies.
He hired the KKK to hold meetings against Civil Rights.
He BOASTED he had pockets sewn into his clothing in order to hide the legislations.
He produced a You Tube video against Civil Rights
What did Ross Barnett compare integration to?
Heaven on Earth
A vacation
Genocide
the decline of the white race
Who prevented James Meredith from entering Ole Miss?
Trey Rein
Jacob Veenstra
Ross Barnett
Elvis Presley
MFDP (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party) was created to? Check all that apply
Get Obama elected into office as the First African American President
Push for rights for women and minorities
Nominate candidates that would fight for equality and LEGALLY develop change.
Gather votes for Mrs. Pullen to be voted most popular History teacher
What was the Sovereignty Commission?
Created to insure that families remain sovereign in the South
Created to change the United States to a monarchy with a King
Created to convert all people to a specific religion
Created to do anything necessary to protect the White power in the South, such as creating pamphlets against integration.
What Court case ruled that admissions of guilt that were beaten out of the defendants, violated their civil rights and wasn't admissible in court?
Brown vs Mississippi
Brown vs Board of Education
Marrying across the color line got Davis Knight a guilty verdict?
True
False
Henry Shields, Arthur Ellington and Ed Brown were beaten into confessing to murder and plead not guilty at the trial but were found guilty because of their confession in Brown vs Mississippi?
True
False
After Davis Knight appealed in State vs Knight, the High Sourt ruled that the "one drop rule" did not determine one's racial identity.
True
False
In Alexander vs. Holmes, the Supreme Court looked at the Holmes County School District because MS schools were dragging their feet and not INTEGRATING schools, and ordered that school districts were to FULLY INTEGRATE.
True
False
Check all that were considered methods to fight integration of schools:
School choice
Increase in the number of private schools
In school segregation: A wing for black students and a wing for white students
Different proms and events
