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WorksheetsAPUSH Social Movements
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private places.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education
Marbury vs. Madison
Korematsu vs. United States
Which of the following best describes the reason why the Montgomery Bus Boycott ended?
Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting
Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting and federal court orders
African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
White segregationists complied with federal court orders
What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?
He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.
He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.
He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.
He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.
What was the supreme court case that made segregation during interstate travel on buses illegal?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Morgan vs. Virginia
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Browder v. Gayle
The main goal of the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 was to
encourage the Supreme Court to make a decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
pressure the president to introduce a civil rights bill to Congress.
force the president to introduce a voting rights bill to Congress.
convince the Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Cesar Chávez was a migrant farm worker who wanted to improve the lives of other migrant workers. Which of the following best completes the diagram above?
Cesar Chávez married Helen Fabela and had eight children.
Cesar Chávez was arrested for decreasing production on migrant farms.
Grape growers in California accepted the United Farm Workers union.
Migrant workers ignored Cesar Chávez and his attempts to help.
The goals of the Chicano Movement included all of the following EXCEPT
better education
voting rights
right to unionize
reclaim lost land
The American Indian Movement (AIM) was created because young Native Americans ....
Wanted to make money off from media attention.
Felt anger over poverty, unemployment, and neglect for Native rights.
Wanted more revenue from reservation casinos.
Wanted to violently take back their tribal lands.
Which describes Dolores Huerta?
Created the National Organization of Women, the Feminine Mystique, and demanded equality for women
La Raza lawyer and first Latina Supreme Court Justice
Advocated for militarism to attain support for Black rights
Founder of United Farm Workers and advocate for women and migrant families.
Charismatic member of the Nation of Islam; he was critical of nonviolence and called for a separate black society; he was assassinated after changing his mind and calling for a white-black brotherhood
Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
Leonard Peltier
Medgar Evers
Leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who abandoned nonviolence and pushed for aggressive action to gain equality; he coined the term black power - taking pride in being black and celebrating blackness
Malcolm X
Leonard Peltier
Stokely Carmichael
John Lewis
Author of Silent Spring, which detailed the dangers of man-made chemicals in the natural world; her work sparked the modern environmental movement
Rachel Carson
Betty Friedan
Phyllis Schlafly
Dolores Huerta
Law that outlawed discrimination in hiring and public spaces; passed in response to the Birmingham riots, March on Washington, and the assassinations of Medgar Evers and President Kennedy
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Voting Rights Act of 1965
24th Amendment
Law that gave the federal government authorization to prevent any discrimination in voting; it led to massive African-American voter turnout and large numbers of African-Americans elected to office
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voter Protection Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
24th Amendment
On a voting rights march out of Selma, Alabama towards the capital police brutally attacked the peaceful marchers; it was televised and outraged the nation, leading to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Bloody Sunday
Stonewall Riots
Pine Ridge Riots
Black Sunday
A series of riots against police after the raided a gay bar in New York; sparked the modern gay rights movement
Bloody Sunday
Stonewall Riots
Pine Ridge Riots
Birmingham Riots
