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Civil Rights Movement (8Black)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What state's National Guard escorted the Little Rock Nine to school?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Arkansas

c)

Alabama

d)

Kentucky

2.

How many children were originally part of the group that integrated the schools in Little Rock?

a)

80

b)

9

c)

10

d)

32

3.

In what year did the Little Rock students integrate the schools?

a)

1956

b)

1958

c)

1961

d)

1957

4.

What did the crowd shout as one girl tried to make her way to school?

a)

Lynch her! Lynch her!

b)

Go back to where you came from!

c)

Kill her! Kill her!

d)

Go home!

5.

In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat to a white man?

a)

1954

b)

1955

c)

1956

d)

1953

6.

In what city did the bus boycott occur?

a)

Montgomery, Alabama

b)

Jackson, Mississippi

c)

Selma, Alabama

d)

Nashville, Tennessee

7.

How long did the bus boycott last?

a)

7 months

b)

12 months

c)

13 months

d)

18 months

8.

Who became the leader of the bus boycott and eventually the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

9.

What was the name of the 1896 Supreme Court case that said whites and blacks could legally be segregated?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

KKK v. Mississippi

10.

What was the ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education case?

a)

Business were no longer allowed to separate whites and blacks.

b)

Schools were no longer allowed to segregate.

c)

Blacks and whites could legally marry.

d)

Busses could no longer make blacks sit in the back.

11.

When was the decision handed down in the Brown v. Board of Education case?

a)

1953

b)

1954

c)

1955

d)

1956

12.

According to the Supreme Court, what amendment to the Constitution was being broken by not allowing blacks to attend white schools?

a)

5th

b)

9th

c)

13th

d)

14th

13.

Emmett Till was murdered by two white men in this town.

a)

Money, Mississippi

b)

Jackson, Mississippi

c)

Newton, Mississippi

d)

Pace, Mississippi

14.

Why was Emmett Till murdered?

a)

He beat up a white person.

b)

He stole from a store.

c)

He whistled at a white woman.

d)

He swore at two men.

15.

The murder of Emmett Till is said to have been the spark that ignited the Civil Rights Movement. In what year was Emmett murdered?

a)

1952

b)

1953

c)

1954

d)

1955

16.

Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi while visiting relatives. Where was Emmett from?

a)

Detroit

b)

New York

c)

Cleveland

d)

Chicago

17.

Who was Jim Crow?

a)

A slave.

b)

The governor of Georgia.

c)

A theater character.

d)

A slave owner.

18.

What is not an example of public accomodation?

a)

Schools

b)

Restaurants

c)

Theaters

d)

Water Fountains

19.

The Jim Crow laws, or Black Codes, were meant to undermine which amendment?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

All of the above.

20.

What was used to prevent blacks from voting?

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Poll Test

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

All of the above.