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Unit 6 The Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of protest did Martin Luther King oppose during the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
Sit-in
b)
Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
Race Riots
2.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
Segregation of public schools became illegal
b)
African Americans began to play professional sports
c)
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
d)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
3.
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
b)
It allowed blacks to run for public office
c)
It ended segregation in schools
d)
It made poll taxes illegal
4.
The March on Washington was most famous because . . .
a)
it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
b)
200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement
5.
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
It gave African-American women the right to vote
b)
It made literacy tests to vote illegal
c)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
d)
It allowed all African-Americans to vote
6.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting
b)
Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting
c)
African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
d)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat
7.
To separate one group from another is ___________________.
a)
integration
b)
segregation
c)
Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow
8.

Which court cause over-turned Plessy v. Ferguson

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Marbury v. Madison

9.

The Sibley Commission:

a)

Printed signs to boycott desegregation

b)

Helped transition African Americans into white schools

c)

Held sit-ins at local stores to boycott segregation

d)

held public hearings to see how Georgians felt about integration

10.

Led anti-discrimination marches and protests throughout the South

a)

The Bourbon Class

b)

The Board of Education

c)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

d)

Ku Klux Klan

11.

A group of college students who held sit-ins at segregated restaurants along with promoted voter registration:

a)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

b)

Children of MLK Together

c)

All Civil Rights Activists United

d)

Tuskegee Coalition

12.

Which movement lasted from the Fall of 1961 to the Summer of 1962 and whose goal was to end all types of segregation in Albany, GA?

a)

Free Culture Movement

b)

Albany Movement

c)

Black Lives Matter

d)

Cooperative Movement

13.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

a)

The law banned the use of civil lawyers in a court room

b)

Law that banned Civil Rights protests in Washington

c)

A play performed on Broadway about Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

This law banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion

14.

Leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, leader of the Selma March, current U.S. Representative from Georgia

a)

John Lewis

b)

Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Maynard Jackson

d)

Andrew Young

15.

Why did Lester Maddox protest and resist the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

He would be forced to integrate his restaurant, the Pick Rick

b)

He did not protest

c)

He used it to gain popularity so that he could be governor

d)

He wanted to keep African Americans from getting jobs with the government

16.
What is the MOST important long-term benefit from the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games?
a)
new sports facilities
b)
increase in the price of Coca-Cola stock
c)
GA received international attention which boosted tourism & business expansion for the economy
d)
GA athletes won several gold medals
17.
What former Atlanta mayor, GA Congressman, and U.N. Ambassador is credited with playing a major role in Atlanta being selected to host the 1996 Summer Olympic Games?
a)
Andrew Young
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
Ivan Allen
d)
William Hartsfield
18.

Andrew Young served in position?

a)

Vice President to Jimmy Carter

b)

Governor of Georgia

c)

United States Ambassador to the United Nations

d)

President of SCLC

19.
What is the white primary?
a)
The type of paint you use before adding a top coat of color
b)
The rule that only whites could vote in the primary elections
c)
The rule that only blacks could vote in the secondary elections
d)
The rule that kept underaged people from voting in primary elcetions
20.
What was the main controversy in the 1946 Governor's race in Georgia?
a)
Ellis Arnall was impeached because of his views on segregation
b)
Herman Talmadge and Eugene Talmadge were father and son and couldn't run on the same ballot.
c)
Eugene Talmadge died before he could take office and two men claimed they were the rightful governor
d)
Talmadge did not win the popular vote

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