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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

Segregation of public schools became illegal

African Americans began to play professional sports

Martin Luther King led the March on Washington

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus

Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:

Organizing the March on Washington

Not giving us his bus seat

Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education

Giving African Americans the right to vote

What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

It gave black women the right to vote

It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal

It made Jim Crow Laws illegal

It gave all blacks the right to vote

What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

It gave black women the right to vote

It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal

It made Jim Crow Laws illegal

It gave all blacks the right to vote

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

It made Jim Crow Laws illegal

It allowed blacks to run for public office

It ended segregation in schools

It made poll taxes illegal

The March on Washington was most famous because . . .

it caused race riots in the nation's Capital

200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote

the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march

Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement

Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest

Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes

Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person

Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting

What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois found?

The Back to Africa Movement

Tuskegee Institute

NAACP

Access for all movement

What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?

Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.

Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism

OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA

Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty

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What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

Guzman V. School

Brown V. Board of Education

Miranda V. Arizona

Plessy V. Ferguson

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During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

Tuskegee Airmen

Little Rock Nine

Atomic Bombs

Flying Tigers

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What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

Black Panthers

Mass Support Demonstrations

Little Rock Nine

13.

What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24^th Amendment?

Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities

Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities

14.

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

Sit-in

Boycotts

Freedom Rides

March on Washington

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The ruling of this court case ensured that people were informed of their due process rights when arrested-

Miranda v. Arizona

Brown v. Board of Education

Plessy v. Ferguson

Guzman v. STAAR

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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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