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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did a lot of Black veterans experience when they came back from WWII?

a)

equality

b)

discrimination

c)

chances to attend college for free

d)

travel

2.

__________ lead the first wave of the Civil Rights Movement.

a)

MLK

b)

JFK

c)

Freedom Riders

d)

Black WWII Veterans

3.

What is being described below?


Equal rights in politics, society, and the economy.

a)

Civil Rights

b)

Equality Policy

c)

Non-discrimination Policy

d)

America

4.

What is being described below?


A nonviolent method of fighting Jim Crow laws.

a)

Obedience

b)

Violent Ignorance

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Rebellion

5.

What was the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, TN?

a)

a school that taught nonviolence & how to work for change

b)

a school that taught cooking

c)

a school that taught violent rebellion against Jim Crow

d)

a school that taught sign language

6.

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.

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Diane Nash

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

7.

What was the purpose of the Sit-Ins?

a)

to practice self-control

b)

to relax

c)

to peacefully protest segregated restaurants and force change

d)

to encourage the government to step in and change the housing laws

8.

What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

The Montgomery Riot

b)

Rosa Park's arrest

c)

MLK's arrest

d)

The new law against foot travel

9.

What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?

a)

To travel across the country on a bus

b)

To protest the discrimination in restaurants

c)

To create a crisis in order to force the federal government to enforce the law.

d)

To force the bus company to put nicer bathrooms in the buses

10.

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.

a)

MLK

b)

JFK

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Diane Nash

11.

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.

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

Housen vs. Board of Education

d)

September court case

12.

What was the outcome of the Brown vs. Board of Education case?

a)

Brown lost

b)

The Board of Education won

c)

Schools stayed segregated

d)

Schools were desegregated

13.

Who were the students that enrolled in classes at Clinton High School in Clinton, TN?

a)

The Clinton 8

b)

The Clinton 12

c)

The Little Rock 9

d)

The Fantastic Five

14.

Fill in the blank!

The _________________ planned to attend classes at Central High School in Little Rock, AK which was still a segregated school.

a)

Little Rock 5

b)

Arkansas 7

c)

Little Rock 9

d)

Freedom Riders

15.

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.

a)

The Governor

b)

The President

c)

The Mail Man

d)

The Mayor

16.

Where did Diane Nash attend school in TN?

a)

At Vanderbilt

b)

At The University of Tennessee

c)

At Lipscomb University

d)

At Fisk University

17.

What might happen to protesters who participated in Sit-Ins?

a)

Free college tuition

b)

An opportunity to see what it was like to be tall

c)

Might have food dumped on them

d)

Nothing. It was very boring.

18.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted ______________.

a)

over 1 year

b)

4 years and 7 months

c)

6 months and 3 days

d)

1 day

19.

What's the formal name for breaking laws that were thought to be unjust in a peaceful way to get them changed?

a)

"No go" protest

b)

Rioting

c)

Nontraditional protest

d)

Civil Disobedience

20.

How confident do you feel about your ability to ace this test? (don't be shy, tell me how you really feel)

a)

Mrs. Ray, I could take this test in my sleep and would still make an A

b)

I am pretty confident I've got this, but I'm thankful to have my notes just in case.

c)

To be honest, I'm feeling very unsure and I'm going to email you with questions.

d)

Yup. I think I must have been sleeping the whole time we did this unit because.... I don't know any of it. HELP!