WorksheetsCivil Rights
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
What year was Plessy vs Ferguson?
1893
1896
1898
1880
What is a Jim Crow law?
A law that stops black Americans
from going to school
A law that desegregates black and
white American
A law that declared 'separate but
equal'
A law that segregates black and
white Americans
What did Plessy vs Ferguson state?
Desegregation
Separate but equal
How old was Emmett Till when he
was murdered?
12
23
14
16
What year was Emmett Till
murdered?
1957
1960
1955
1945
What happened to Roy and Milam Bryant when they went to trial?
They were sent to prison
They were acquitted
They were executed
They were let out on bail
Rosa Parks did what?
Was a lawyer in Emmett Till's murder trial
Rioted against the police
Was a white supremacist
Refused to move on a bus
How long was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
320 Days
381 Days
367 Days
360 Days
What year was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
1953
1955
1960
1963
What were the results of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Alabama ended segregation on public transport
Alabama ended segregation altogether
Alabama ended segregation in rest rooms
Alabama ended segregation in schools
What year was the Brown vs Board of Education?
1957
1956
1955
1954
What did the Brown vs Board of Education case decide?
Segregation in toilets was unconstitutional
Segregation on transport was unconstitutional
Segregation in schools was unconstitutional
Segregation in hospitals was unconstitutional
What year was the Little Rock High School event?
1957
1956
1955
1954
What state is Little Rock High School in?
Alabama
Arkansas
New York
Mississippi
Who was the president that intervened during Little Rock High School?
President Eisenhower
President Kennedy
President Johnson
President Lincoln
Who were the Little Rock Nine stopped by?
The US Army
The US Navy
The National Guard
The KKK
What year were the Greensboro Sit Ins?
1962
1961
1960
1959
How many students were refused service at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro?
3
7
5
4
How many students eventually joined in with the sit ins?
160
200
182
300
What year was the March on Washington?
1961
1962
1963
1964
What speech did Martin Luther King give at the March on Washington?
I Have A Dream
The Struggle for Human Rights
The Perils of Indifference
Freedom or Death
What was signed in 1964?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Fair Housing Act
The 15th Amendment
The Civil Rights Act
What did the Civil Rights Act, 1964 declare?
It outlawed desegregation
It outlawed slavery
It outlawed segregation
Who signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
President Nixon
President Kennedy
President Bush
President Johnson
What did the Voting Rights Act declare?
Black Americans couldn't vote
No one was to be denied the vote based on 'account of race or colour'
Women were allowed to vote
What year was the Fair Housing Act?
1967
1968
1979
1970
