WorksheetsIntro to the Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Laws passed by states following the Civil War to separate Blacks from whites, such as segregated public schools.
Jim Crow Laws
Apartheid
The Charleston Act
Nuremberg Laws
This amendment to the constitution granted African Americans citizenship and equal protection before the law.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
What did the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson establish?
Reversed the Brown v. Board decision
Ruled that Blacks were not citizens and therefore could not present cases to the Supreme Court
Legalized Jim Crow Laws--"separate but equal"
Redefined the classification of "negro"
What was the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. the Board of Education?
Public schools were ordered to desegregate.
Only public high schools had to desegregate.
It upheld an earlier ruling that as long as the facilities were equal, there could be separate schools for white and black students.
Schools were allowed 5 years in which to desegregate.
The right to vote, assemble, petition the government & freedom of speech, the press & religion are examples of what?
Citizenship
Civil Rights
Human Rights
State Rights
He served as a lawyer for the NAACP and was later appointed to the Supreme Court.
James Farmer
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
A. Philip Randolph
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution ...
abolished slavery
gave former slaves their citizenship
gave former slaves the right to vote
gave women the right to own property
Why did Sharecropping and tenant farming become the dominant form of agriculture after the Civil War?
many former Confederate soldiers were available to work
the government offered farmers incentives to practice sharecropping
there were many former slaves who needed work and plantation owners who needed labor
people flocked to the south after the war for jobs
Why were Sweatt v. Painter and Brown v. Board important to the larger Civil Rights Movement?
They represented the growing influence of African Americans In the education system.
They were the first court cases to successfully challenge Plessy v. Ferguson.
They gave rise to the first African American Supreme Court Judge.
They reinforced the idea of "Separate, but Equal."
How were Black Americans prevented from voting?
Poll Taxes
Literacy Tests
Simple Violence
All of the Above
Why was the lynching of Emmitt Till a notable event?
It was the first lynching of a Black child in America.
It was the last instance of lynching after an Executive Order criminalized it.
It sparked a race riot in Chicago.
His televised funeral created nationwide support for Black Civil Rights.
There was a growth in political engagement by minorities with the passage of legislation to end-
Literacy tests, voter intimidation, and gerrymandering
Poll taxes, sit-ins, and freedom rides
Labor unions, marches, and protests
Literacy tests, integration, and desegregation
