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Civil Rights - Louisiana History

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did President Johnson sign in 1964 that outlaws discrimination in our country.

a)

The Declaration Independence

b)

The Civil Rights Act

c)

Brown V. Board of Education

2.

Who was the first black Supreme Court justice?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Thurgood Marshall

3.

She was the mother of the Civil Rights Movement.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Michelle Obama

4.

He was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist.

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Malcom X

c)

Medgar Evers

5.

Where was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

a)

Memphis, Tennessee

b)

Racine, Wisconsin

c)

Washington, DC

6.

This law made it easier for southern blacks to vote.

a)

Voting Rights Act of 2019

b)

Th Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1776

7.

Name the first African American child to integrate a school in Louisiana.

a)

Malia Obama

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Emmett Till

8.

What did Brown v. Board of Education decide for our country?

a)

Segregation in public schools is legal.

b)

Segregation in public schools is illegal.

c)

Segregation in public school is up to the school.

9.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed that banned discrimination based on race, religion, sex, and national origin

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which court case that declared segregation in schools LEGAL?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

11.

Which court case that declared segregation of schools ILLEGAL?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

12.

Which national organization that helped fight for equal rights for African Americans?

a)

LULAC

b)

NCAA

c)

NRA

d)

NAACP

13.

Who was arrested for refusing to move on a bus? The result led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

a)

Lulu Belle Madison White

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Dorie Miller

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

14.

What's an example(s) of segregation?

a)

Children of different races must attend different schools.

b)

Not allowing African Americans to sit in front of the movie theater.

c)

Attacking people with tear gas who want integration.

d)

Refusing to serve people of different races food at the counter.

e)

None of these answers.

15.

The rights due to all U.S. citizens under the constitution are called

a)

Nonviolent protests

b)

Civil rights

c)

Voting Rights

d)

the Bill of Rights

16.

Inclusion of people of all races, classes, or ethnic groups; desegregation is called

a)

segregation

b)

integration

17.
Intolerance of a person or group based on their race
a)
prejudice
b)
activist
c)
justice
d)
prune juice
18.
The use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change
a)
nonviolet
b)
nonviolin
c)
nonviolence
d)
nonviola
19.
Bringing separate groups together
a)
integration
b)
Looking at this will slow you down
c)
discrimination
d)
segregation
20.
After the Civil War, many states passed laws that affected the rights and freedoms of the freed slaves
a)
White Codes
b)
Black Codes
c)
Black Cones
d)
White Cones
21.
People who protest to call attention to a cause, like civil rights
a)
prejudice
b)
activist
c)
optimist
d)
don't read this, this is just a distraction
22.
Keeping things or people separate 
a)
integration
b)
discrimination
c)
DISTRACTION!
d)
segregation
23.
Hotels, restaurants, shops, public restrooms and drinking fountains are all examples of
a)
public accommodation
b)
miscegenation
24.
When one group is treated differently than another group
a)
segregation
b)
integration
c)
determination
d)
discrimination
25.
This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting. 
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Voting Rights Act
c)
Civil Rights Movement
d)
24th Amendment
26.
This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender,  or religion. 
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
15th  Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Movement
27.

Jackie Robinson is best know for ...

a)

Being the first man to play Major League Baseball.

b)

Being an awesome college baseball player.

c)

Being the first African American man to play Major League Baseball.

d)

Being the first African American man to play Major League Basketball.

28.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
a)
16th
b)
15th
c)
14th
d)
13th
29.
What was the goal of the Black Panthers?
a)
to turn American citizens against democracy
b)
to end the Vietnam War
c)
to convince African Americans to support "black power"
d)
to gain equal pay for black Americans
30.
What group funded the court challenges to segregation in the 1950s?
a)
ACLU
b)
NAACP
c)
KKK
d)
Congress
31.
In what city was Rosa Parks involved in a bus boycott?
a)
Birmingham
b)
Selma
c)
Montgomery
d)
Atlanta
32.
Who delivered the "I Have a Dream Speech"?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Dr. Martin Luther King
33.
What nonviolent method was used by the farm workers and allies?
a)
boycott
b)
hunger strike
c)
sit-in
d)
freedom ride
34.
Were women paid less or more than men?
a)
Less 
b)
More
35.
What jobs were women allowed the right to have?
a)
teachers and nurses
b)
doctors and lawyers
c)
actress and author
d)
painter and sculptor

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