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Civil Rights Movements

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
2.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
3.
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
d)
Filibuster
4.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
a)
Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
b)
Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal
5.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
6.
_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 
a)
Harry Belafonte
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
d)
Jesse Jackson
7.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
8.
Which president integrated the military and federal government?
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Kennedy
9.
Which amendment guarantees equal protection under the law?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
10.
Which Supreme Court case integrated public schools?
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Brown v Board of Education
c)
Schenk v US
d)
Korematsu v US
11.
This president sent federal troops to Arkansas to integrate the schools in Little Rock
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Kennedy
12.
What protest would Martin Luther King have opposed?
a)
Sit-In
b)
Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
Race Riots
13.
Who was a US Senator who was running for President when he was assassinated in 1968?
a)
Robert F. Kennedy
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald
d)
Thurgood Marshall
14.
The March on Washington is most famous for...
a)
causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
b)
200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization
d)
MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
15.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting
b)
Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting
c)
African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
d)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat
16.
How did the assassination of MLK affect the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
The movement gained strength because people were upset
b)
The movement slowed without MLK's leadership
c)
The movement continued because MLK wasn't an important part of it
d)
There was not change in the movement at all
17.
Why was JFK so popular with African-Americans?
a)
He introduced the bill that would become the Civil Rights Act
b)
He was not popular with African-Americans
c)
He ended poll taxes and literacy tests
d)
He organized the March on Washington
18.

What was a main goal of the Black Panthers?

a)

Push for equal pay

b)

Challenge police brutality in African American communities

c)

Push for equal education opportunities

d)

All of the above

19.

What was the name of the document listing their official demands?

a)

Ten-Point Program

b)

Demands of the African American Community

c)

The Civil Rights Act

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

20.

Malcolm X is shot by-

a)

a white Senator outraged by the militancy of the Nation of Islam

b)

his brother

c)

members of the Nation of Islam

d)

atheists trying to make a point about religion

21.

A Mexican-American farm worker who's goal was to organize a union in California for Spanish speaking people.

a)

Betty Freidan

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Jimi Hendrix

d)

Janis Joplin

22.

She wrote a book entitled, "The Feminine Mystique", which addressed the "problem that has no name"

a)

Jimi Hendrix

b)

Phyllis Schlafly

c)

Janis Joplin

d)

Betty Friedan

23.

This was the first case in which Mexican-American lawyers had appeared before the US Supreme Court.


The ultimate effect of this ruling was that the protection of the 14th Amendment was ruled to cover any national or ethnic groups of the United States for which discrimination could be proved.

a)

White v. Regester

b)

Wisonsin v. Yoder

c)

Hernandez v. Texas

d)

Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

24.

Which U.S. president signed Title IX into law?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Donald Trump

25.
What is Title IX
a)
A Law allowing males to have the same opportunities as females
b)
A Law allowing women to have the same opportunities as males
c)
A law
d)
Title IX doesn't exsist

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