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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
a)
Segregation in public schools became illegal
b)
African-Americans began playing profession sports
c)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
d)
MLK led a March on Washington
2.
The March on Washington is most famous for...
a)
causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
b)
200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization
d)
MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
3.
To stop using or buying things
a)
Riot
b)
Disagreeing
c)
Boycott
d)
Capitalism 
4.
an organized passive protests where people sit peacefully and refuse to leave
a)
Stand up
b)
Sit in
c)
Sit down
d)
Stand in
5.
Which quote would Malcolm X have said?
a)
"I have a dream"
b)
"By any means necessary"
c)
"We have nothing to fear in life, but fear itself"
d)
"Together we can fundamentally transform America"
6.
Which quote would Martin Luther King Jr would have said?
a)
"I have a dream..."
b)
"By any means necessary"
c)
"Read my lips, I will not raise taxes"
d)
"The rich must pay their fair share"
7.
Who was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white person?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Harriet Tubman 
c)
Susan B Anthony
d)
Michelle Obama
8.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Group formed to advance rights of minorities
a)
NCAA
b)
NCAACP
c)
NAACP
d)
NACAP
9.
Which court case stated that it was unconstitutional to segregate
a)
Brown vs Board of Education
b)
Plessy vs Ferguson
c)
Bourque vs Fernandez
d)
Roe vs Wade
10.

When the people in Alabama stopped riding the bus after the arrest of Rosa Parks. A successful movement that ended segregation in transportation

a)

Atlanta Bus Boycott

b)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

March on Selma

d)

Greensboro Sit in

11.

This civil rights leader believed in non violent/peaceful protests that included the march on Selma and Washington D.C

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Booker T Washington

d)

W.E.B Du Bois

12.

This civil rights leader believed that it was necessary to have violence to achieve civil rights. Used aggressive tactics and language to send his message

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Booker T Washington

d)

W.E.B Du Bois

13.

to treat another person terrible or different because of what they look or sound like

a)

Discriminate

b)

integrate

c)

replicate

d)

none of the above

14.

the separation of the races in public places such as schools, buses and restrooms

a)

segregation

b)

integration

c)

subjugation

d)

Brown vs Board of Education

15.
After WWII, the ____________, were used to legalize segregation in the South.
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
The 14th Amendment
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
16.
Dr. King believed in using peaceful demonstrations to get the government to listen to the demands of the Civil Rights Movement.  He was influence by this person....
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Buddah
c)
Mahatma Ghandi
d)
Martin L. King Sr. 
17.

What was Dr. MLK, Jr.'s main argument in the "I Have a Dream" speech?

a)

The importance of getting an education.

b)

The importance of achieving racial equality.

c)

The importance of recognizing racial differences.

d)

The importance of protesting to get what you need.

18.

Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:

a)

Allow children to work long hours in factories

b)

Segregate schools based on people’s skin color

c)

Pay black people less than white people for similar work

d)

Return an escaped slave to his/her master

19.

This U.S. president was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis and supported the Civil Rights Movement. He was also assassinated for his support.

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Robert F. Kennedy

c)

MLK

d)

FDR

20.

During which month do Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

a)

January

b)

February

c)

March

d)

April