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WorksheetsCivil Rights Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
Identify an event for which Martin Luther King, Jr. is most well-known.
creating Jim Crow laws that were used in the South
writing and reciting the Emancipation Proclamation
leading a march on Washington D.C. for civil rights
not giving up his seat on a bus to a white person
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
fire someone who was not doing his or her job well
deny someone a job because he or she was African American
kick someone out of the military
let African Americans ride public buses
Which important leader from the 1960s was assassinated in 1968 while running for president?
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Richard Nixon
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?
allowing people under the age of 21 to vote
giving me the chance to vote more than once
denying the right to vote based on race or color
denying women the right to vote in elections
Brown v. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to
return an escaped slave to his or her master
segregate schools based on people's skin color
pay African American people less than Caucasian people for similar work
allow children to work long hours in factories
Rosa Parks was arrested in December of 1955 on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She would not give up her seat to a white passenger. Her action started a year-long civil rights protest in Alabama. That protest was called the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Brown v. Board of Education
March on Washington
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Americans were able to immediately visualize events occuring in the Vietnam War mostly due to which of the following technologies?
television
Morse Code
newspapers
internet
Why did the United States get involved in teh Vietnam War?
to stop the Soviet Union from controlling all of Vietnam
to make sure North Vietnam stayed a communist country
to stop communism from spreading to South Vietnam
to take control over land in Southeast Asia and China
What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
American warships were sent to blockade Florida
Cuba began its own market economy
The Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba aimed at the United States
Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba
Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for civil rights in many ways. One way was by not buying from businesses that did not treat African Americans fairly. For example, he did not use buses that were segregated. What does this type of protest do to businesses?
makes them hire more people
makes businesses lose money
makes business owners not vote
makes businesses work hard
- outlawed discrimination in employment
- got rid of "Jim Crow" laws in the South
- segregation of the races in schools or housing was made illegal
This list best describes which of these laws?
the Fourteenth Amendment
the Nineteenth Amendment
Montgomery Bus Boycott
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
How did the U.S. respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?
they sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
they placed a Naval Blockade around Cuba
they invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union
they began placing missiles in the Soviet Union
Thurgood Marshall was an important part of the Civil Rights movement because
he was the first African American to be appointed to the Supreme Court
he was the lawyer of Linda Brown during Brown v. Bd of Education
he spoke during the March on Washington
Both A and B
