WorksheetsThe Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
When necessary to achieve justice, which method did Martin Luther King, Jr., urge his followers to employ?
using violence to bring about political change
engaging in civil disobedience
leaving any community in which racism is practiced
demanding that Congress pay reparations to African Americans
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.’” —Martin Luther King, Jr. Washington, D.C., 1963
Using the passage above, which step was taken following this speech to advance the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
desegregation of the Armed Forces
ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson
elimination of the Ku Klux Klan
passage of new civil rights acts
The poll tax, the literacy test, and the actions of the Ku Klux Klan were all attempts to limit the effectiveness of
the 14th and 15th amendments
the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education
the Supreme Court's decisions in Plessy v. Ferguson
immigration laws such as the Gentleman’s Agreement and the Chinese Exclusion Act
President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 to
supervise local elections
enforce school integration
end a bus boycott
break up a steel strike
Which action is the best example of the use of civil disobedience?
passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965
lobbying Congress to eliminate the poll tax
attending a political rally in Iowa
conducting sit-ins at restaurants in the South
Challenged the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation
Freedom Rides
Sit-ins
Marches
Boycotts
This type of segregation was mandated by law and was exclusive to the American south.
De Facto segregation
De Jure segregation
This type of segregation was based on custom and tradition was exclusive to northern states.
De Facto Segregation
De Jure Segregation
Where was Emmitt Till murdered
Alabama
Mississippi
Chicago
Little Rock
True or False: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became a leader in the civil rights movement during the Montgomery Bus Boycott
True
False
