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Worksheetscivil rights
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Why did African Americans or Blacks experience unequal treatment and oppression even after passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution?
The amendments were not designed to solve unequal treatment of African Americans or Blacks
Many African Americans or Blacks did not trust the government
Southern legislatures passed Jim Crow Laws to hurt African Americans or Blacks
Many African Americans or Blacks did not know about their legal rights
“Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal”
Brown v. Board of Education
What was the effect of this court ruling?
Established equal hiring laws for all people
Required the desegregation of public schools
Integrated private university campuses
Required equal funds for all schools in the country
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge and aggression.”
What TWO actions are ways Dr. King planned to accomplish his goal? Choose TWO correct answers.
Armed revolution
Boycotts
Running for president
Sit-ins
Violent protests
What impact did Rosa Parks have following her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a White person?
Other individuals joined the Civil Rights Movement
President Kennedy ordered desegregation of buses
African American or Black children were allowed to ride buses
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated
Which of the following explains the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Women were given the right to vote
Racial segregation in public places was banned
Disabled Americans were guaranteed access to public buildings
Native Americans were paid for the land taken during the Trail of Tears
What TWO actions led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965? Choose TWO correct answers.
Poll taxes were required to vote in some states
Women were denied the right to vote
Voting polls were only open for two hours
Literacy tests were given to register to vote
Voters in the South asked congress to make voting fair
What was the major goal of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States?
To pass an equal rights amendment to the Constitution
To establish separate communities White and Black citizens
To end segregation and mistreatment based on race
To decrease immigration restrictions
How did the Supreme Court of the United States change American education?
Ruled segregated schools were against the law
Ruled that all children had to be in school until age 16
Ruled public universities had to allow women to attend
Ruled that students could go to any school of their choice
The changes shown in the chart are most directly related to what action?
Brown v. Board of Education
The March on Washington
The Voting Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act
“Separate free schools shall be established for the education of Black and White children; and it shall be unlawful for them to attend the other’s school.”
“It shall be unlawful for a Black and White person to play together or in company with each other at any game of pool or billiards.”
What are these quotations examples of?
Jim Crow Laws enacted by southern law makers
Effects of Brown v. Board of Education
Martin Luther King’s ideas and teachings
Information from the Civil Rights Act
Which of the following statements BEST explains the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Civil Rights activists refused to ride busses
Civil Rights activists encouraged sit-ins on busses
Civil Rights leaders demanded front seats on busses be reserved for African Americans or Blacks
Civil Rights leaders organized rides on buses across the country to protest Jim Crow Laws
What was the goal of the March on Washington?
To end racial segregation in the United States
To pass a voting amendment for African Americans or Blacks
To increase support for American space exploration
To encourage Congress to end the Vietnam War
What do Cesar Chavez, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common?
They participated in the March on Washington
They were participants in Brown v. Board of Education
They fought for Civil Right for all Americans
They led riots across the country to fight for voting rights
Which TWO leaders would have led peaceful protests? Choose TWO correct Answers.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Joseph McCarthy
President Johnson
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez
What was one impact the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy had on American society?
It ended the Civil Rights Movement
The United States was without a president for a year
The Supreme Court passed the Civil Rights Act
Television became the main form of information in America
What 1968 event could have resulted in these newspaper headlines?
President Johnson Declares a National Day of Mourning
Rioting and Violence Breaks-Out in Major Cities
Followers Continue Peaceful Protests in Memphis
40,000 Individuals Follow Funeral Procession through Atlanta
The Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
The Death of Thurgood Marshall
The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Death of Rosa Parks
In what way was the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy a sign of the times in the United States?
The nation was coming together to protect the civil rights of farm workers
The nation was in crisis due to protests for civil rights and the Vietnam War
The nation was not ready to have another Kennedy for president.
The nation was becoming a world power and the Cold War was over.
What invention allowed people to see what was happening around the world; allowed more money to be spent on advertising to influence buyers; and influenced elections as people watched speeches?
Cellphones
Satellites
Television
Computers
Why was the television able to influence American opinions about current events?
People saw the events almost as they were happening
The government controlled what the people saw
Entertainment was finally available in peoples’ homes
The CBS Evening news was the only provider of the events
During the Cold War era what was at the center of United States and Soviet Union competition?
Technology
Civil and human rights
Transportation
Natural Resources
This newspaper was published in July of 1969. Which country claimed a win in the race to the moon?
The Soviet Union
Great Britain
The United States
China
What was the result of the event shown in the newspaper from October 1957?
The Soviet Union built a permanent space station above the U.S.
The U.S. decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world
U.S. schools banned teaching science and technology in schools
The U.S. and Soviet union began a competition to explore space
