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WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement: Overview
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In what year did slavery of Africans begin in North America?
1866
1850
1776
1619
Which American document allowed slavery when it was originally written and passed?
The Declaration of Independence
The U.S. Constitution
Both of the Above
None of the Above
During the mid-1800s, this network of secret routes and safe houses made it possible for many slaves to escape to the northern states where it was possible to live as free.
Underground Railroad
Underground Airlines
The Subway
The London Underground
What year did the Civil War end (and as a result, slavery)?
1776
1865
2020
2008
Which amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery in 1865?
12th amendment
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
Many African American slaves who had been free became stayed at the plantations on which they had been slaves and became
sharecroppers
landowners
servants
all of the above
In 1896, the Supreme Court case Plessy v Ferguson made what thing legal in the United States?
Racism
Discrimination
Segregation
Prejudice
This organization was founded in 1909 to increase racial equality and challenge racist laws.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Council of Negro Women
Congress of Racial Equality
National Urban League
Approximately how many African Americans moved from the South to the North after being freed from slavery during the Great Migration between 1916 and 1970?
600,000
6,000,000
60,000
60,000,000
Which of the following were used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote?
Poll Taxes
Literacy Tests
Property Requirements
All of the Above
What was the name for the group of laws that perpetuated segregation and discrimination on the basis of race, and made African Americans second-class citizens?
John Brown laws
Martin Luther King laws
John Clark laws
Jim Crow laws
Between about 1910 and 1930, this white supremacist organization expanded, using violence and racism to terrorize African Americans and their supporters.
White Power
Ku Klux Klan
American Freedom Party
White Aryan Resistance
In 1951, the Supreme Court case Brown v Board of Education resulted in the integration of which institution?
Public Transportation
Public Housing
Public Schools
Public Parks
After Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, this series of protests was meant to encourage integration of public transportation.
Selma March
Mississippi Freedom Rides
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
March on Washington
After they were admitted to a white school which had been integrated, which group of black students was escorted to school by the National Guard for their protection?
Little Rock Nine
Montgomery Seven
Charleston Eight
Atlanta Twelve
In 1964, which act was passed in Congress to outlaw discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act
Anti-Discrimination Act
Equal Opportunity Act
Voting Rights Act
What was the name of the 1965 protest of continued challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans (Hint: MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech here)?
Selma to Montgomery March
March on Washington
Mississippi Freedom March
March on Charleston
What was the name of the law passed in Congress in 1965 that eliminated barriers which kept African Americans from practicing their right to vote?
Civil Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
Jim Crow Act
Martin Luther King Act
Which of the following civil rights leaders was assassinated?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Robert Kennedy
All of the Above
Which of the following was used as a type of protest during the Civil Rights Movement?
Boycotts
Sit-Ins
Marches
All of the Above
