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Civil Rights #2 ( 5th Grade students ONLY)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
2.

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

a)

let African Americans ride the bus.

b)

deny someone a job because of their race.

c)

fire someone for not doing their job.

d)

kick someone out of the military.

3.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
a)
Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
b)
Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal
4.
Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F. Kennedy
5.
Person who was killed on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony outside his hotel room at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee after trying to help black sanitation workers receive better working conditions    
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Robert Kennedy
6.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
7.
_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 
a)
Harry Belafonte
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
d)
Jesse Jackson
8.

Keeping things or people separate is also known as

a)

integration

b)

union

c)

confederate

d)

segregation

9.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
10.

More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally for jobs and freedom.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

Freedom Riders

d)

March on Washington

11.

Senator who ran for President and was later assassinated. His older brother was a US president who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Robert Kennedy

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Thurgood Marshall

12.

Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.

a)

Brown vs. the Board of Education

b)

13th Amendment

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Jim Crow Laws

13.

First African American Supreme Court judge. He was the attorney for Linda Brown with Brown vs. the Board of Education.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Rosa Parks

14.

President who was assassinated during a campaign visit in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald for his Civil Rights efforts

a)

Robert Kennedy

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

John F. Kennedy

15.

A form of nonviolent protest where workers can demand better conditions or wages.

a)

sit in

b)

boycott

c)

strike

d)

activist