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WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What did a lot of Black veterans experience when they came back from WWII?
equality
discrimination
chances to attend college for free
travel
__________ lead the first wave of the Civil Rights Movement.
MLK
JFK
Freedom Riders
Black WWII Veterans
What is being described below?
Equal rights in politics, society, and the economy.
Civil Rights
Equality Policy
Non-discrimination Policy
America
What is being described below?
A nonviolent method of fighting Jim Crow laws.
Obedience
Violent Ignorance
Civil Disobedience
Rebellion
What was the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, TN?
a school that taught nonviolence & how to work for change
a school that taught cooking
a school that taught violent rebellion against Jim Crow
a school that taught sign language
Who is being described below?
Fantastic speaker, leader of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement, a preacher, felt very strongly about changing the world for good.
Thurgood Marshall
Diane Nash
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the purpose of the Sit-Ins?
to practice self-control
to relax
to peacefully protest segregated restaurants and force change
to encourage the government to step in and change the housing laws
What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The Montgomery Riot
Rosa Park's arrest
MLK's arrest
The new law against foot travel
What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?
To travel across the country on a bus
To protest the discrimination in restaurants
To create a crisis in order to force the federal government to enforce the law.
To force the bus company to put nicer bathrooms in the buses
Who is being described below?
They played a key role in the organization and execution of sit-ins in Nashville, TN. They was also one of the main organizers of the Freedom Riders.
MLK
JFK
Rosa Parks
Diane Nash
What event is being described below:
A father sued city of Topeka, KS because his daughter, could not attend the school closest to their home since she was black.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Housen vs. Board of Education
September court case
What was the outcome of the Brown vs. Board of Education case?
Brown lost
The Board of Education won
Schools stayed segregated
Schools were desegregated
Who were the students that enrolled in classes at Clinton High School in Clinton, TN?
The Clinton 8
The Clinton 12
The Little Rock 9
The Fantastic Five
Fill in the blank!
The _________________ planned to attend classes at Central High School in Little Rock, AK which was still a segregated school.
Little Rock 5
Arkansas 7
Little Rock 9
Freedom Riders
Fill in the blank:
When the Little Rock 9 tried to attend school at Central High School, ____________________ did not want them to and called the National Guard to stop them.
The Governor
The President
The Mail Man
The Mayor
Where did Diane Nash attend school in TN?
At Vanderbilt
At The University of Tennessee
At Lipscomb University
At Fisk University
What might happen to protesters who participated in Sit-Ins?
Free college tuition
An opportunity to see what it was like to be tall
Might have food dumped on them
Nothing. It was very boring.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted ______________.
over 1 year
4 years and 7 months
6 months and 3 days
1 day
What's the formal name for breaking laws that were thought to be unjust in a peaceful way to get them changed?
"No go" protest
Rioting
Nontraditional protest
Civil Disobedience
How confident do you feel about your ability to ace this test? (don't be shy, tell me how you really feel)
Mrs. Ray, I could take this test in my sleep and would still make an A
I am pretty confident I've got this, but I'm thankful to have my notes just in case.
To be honest, I'm feeling very unsure and I'm going to email you with questions.
Yup. I think I must have been sleeping the whole time we did this unit because.... I don't know any of it. HELP!
