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The Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 98

Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Rosa Parks?

a)

a politician

b)

an African American woman who is a national hero

2.

Why did Rosa Parks go to jail?

a)

Because she stole from a store.

b)

Because she said "no!" to a white man on a bus

3.

Why did the bus driver ask Rosa Parks to move?

a)

Because she was tired.

b)

Because a white man wanted her seat in the front of the bus. Black people were supposed to sit in the back of the bus.

c)

Because he needed her help.

4.

When did Rosa Parks say "no!" to a white man?

a)

December 1, 2015

b)

May 25, 2020

c)

December 1, 1955

5.

Where did Rosa Parks live?

a)

Montgomery, Alabama

b)

Minneapolis, Minnesota

c)

Las Vegas, Nevada

6.

Many black people were angry when Rosa Parks was taken to jail. What did they do?

a)

They sat in the front of the bus.

b)

They boycotted the bus company. No black people took the bus.

c)

They went to jail, too.

7.

Where was Emmett Till born?

a)

Richmond

b)

Chicago

c)

New York

8.

Where did Emmett Till die?

a)

Richmond

b)

Alabama

c)

Money, Mississippi

d)

New York City

9.

Why was Emmett Till in Mississippi?

a)

To visit his family

b)

To go on vaction

c)

For school

10.

What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?

a)

Spoke out on the news

b)

Testified in court

c)

Had an open casket funeral

d)

Marched in Mississippi

11.

What happened to the two men that brutally killed Emmett Till?

a)

They received the death penalty

b)

Nothing, they were acquitted

c)

Life in jail, no parole

d)

They were murdered

12.
Why did Mamie Till have an open casket?
a)
She wanted to show the people what the men had done to her boy. They beat him to the point where he was unrecognizable. 
b)
She wanted publicity for her boy 
c)
She wanted attention while mourning for her boy 
d)
She did not want an open casket she was forced to have an open casket
13.

Who is Emmett Till?

a)

Victim of Racism

b)

Accused of Rape

c)

A Murderer

d)

An Abuser

14.

What race was Emmett Till?

a)

Hispanic

b)

Asian

c)

American

d)

African American

15.
Which of the following is true about Emmett Till's murder? 
a)
The crime was never solved. 
b)
It took place in Michigan. 
c)
It was the catalyst of the Civil Rights Movement. 
d)
it took place in 1975.
16.

Which TWO statements best describe the central ideas of the Emmitt Till event?

a)

Emmett Till was an ordinary boy who became the victim of some Southerners’ hate and fear.

b)

Emmett Till’s death turned him into a symbol of America’s racial injustice, inspiring many to promote equality for all.

c)

Emmett Till was an innocent boy who was hurt because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

d)

The national attention received by Emmett Till’s murder embarrassed many Southerners into fighting for racial equality.

17.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X differed in their:

a)

willingness to speak publicly

b)

Opposition to segregation

c)

Desire to help African Americans

d)

Methods of Protest

18.

The "X" in Malcolm X represents his rejection of:

a)

His childhood

b)

The Legacy of Slavery

c)

Religion

d)

Friends and Family

19.

Malcolm X spoke out for African Americans' __________ during the Civil Rights era.

a)

Optimism

b)

Confidence

c)

Apathy

d)

Frustration

20.
Where was Dr. King born?
a)
Birmingham, Alabama
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Jackson, Mississippi
d)
Dayton, Ohio
21.
When was MLK, Jr. born?
a)
January 18, 1930
b)
January 15, 1929
c)
February 20, 1945
d)
February 14, 2016
22.
When is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrated?
a)
The first Monday in February
b)
The third Monday in January
c)
The second Monday in May
23.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s work to change unfair laws was caused by a desire for people to be treated fairly. What was an effect of King’s work?
a)
Martin Luther King Jr. led marches and gave speeches.
b)
 Equal rights laws were passed, so Americans are treated fairly.
c)
African Americans and whites went to separate schools.
24.
Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was shot?
a)
Memphis, Tennessee
b)
Washington D.C.
c)
Nashville, Tennessee
d)
Atlanta, Georgia
25.

to stop buying or using something.

a)

equal rights

b)

boycott

c)

discriminate

d)

march

26.

a negative judgment or opinion

a)

boycott

b)

assassination

c)

prejudice

d)

march

27.
Where was the "I Have a Dream" speech given?
a)
at the Washington Monument
b)
at the White House
c)
at the Lincoln Memorial
d)
in the Oval Office
28.
Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:
a)
Allow children to work long hours in factories
b)
Segregate schools based on people’s skin color
c)
Pay black people less than white people for similar work
d)
Return an escaped slave to his/her master  
29.
 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was
a)
Harriet B. Stowe
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Michelle Obama
d)
Coretta King
30.
 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
March from  Selma to Montgomery
31.
How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?
a)
It gave free transportation to African Americans
b)
It segregated buses in America
c)
 It made Rosa Parks lots of money
d)
It helped de-segregate buses in America
32.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
Segregation of public schools became illegal
b)
African Americans began to play professional sports
c)
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
d)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
33.
Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:
a)
Organizing the March on Washington
b)
Not giving us his bus seat
c)
Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education
d)
Giving African Americans the right to vote
34.

When necessary to achieve justice, which method did Martin Luther King, Jr., urge his followers to employ?

a)

using violence to bring about political change

b)

engaging in civil disobedience

c)

leaving any community in which racism is practiced

d)

demanding that Congress pay reparations to African Americans

35.

What is segregation ?

a)

When you form a bad opinion about someone without even knowing them. Thinking bad things.

b)

When you treat people differently because of their race.

c)

When you separate people based on their race.

36.

“At 10:22 a.m., the teenage Sunday School Secretary got a phone call. The person delivered an ominous message, just saying ‘Three minutes.’” Why is this detail important?

a)

It tells us what time the bomb went off.

b)

It implies that there were children in the church at the time.

c)

It shows that the people in the church didn’t have any real warning about the bomb, and didn’t have time to get out.

d)

It means the bomber made a mistake by setting off the dynamite too early.

37.

In 1963, what was Birmingham Alabama's nickname? Why?

a)

Because racists were terrorizing African American homes and churches with homemade bombs so often, the city was nicknamed "Bombingham"

b)

Because the Boeing Aircraft Company's Birmingham factory built B-52 jets there. The nickname was "Bomberham." The B-52 was the US Air Force's most effective heavy bomber in 1963... and 55 years later, it still is!

c)

Birmingham was nicknamed the "Iron City" because so many Civil Rights workers were being arrested and put behind "iron bars' in the cit's jail.

d)

Birmingham was named after Reggie Birmingham, a young man who mistakenly bombed the wrong place in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957 during the Little Rock Nine incident.

38.

There were white racists in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1960's. Which one of these people or organizations DID NOT encourage racism and violence?

a)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) led a non-violent campaign of protests for desegregation and demands for voting rights for African Americans

b)

Eugene "Bull" Connor, the Birmingham police chief, was notorious for his willingness to use brutality and violence against protestors and folks who were involved in the Civil Rights Movement.

c)

Alabama Governor George Wallace was Alabama's angry racist leader who opposed integration and racial equality. In one famous incident, he literally stood in the "schoolhouse" door to stop African American students from attending the University of Alabama.

d)

The Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham was one of the most active of all the Klu Klux Klan groups in Alabama. Their specially was burning crosses, lynching innocent African Americans, and bombing African American churches.

39.

Which statement best describes the effects of the four girls’ deaths?

a)

There was a very small funeral service that only the girls’ families attended.

b)

Many people attended the funeral, and Dr. King gave a speech telling people to keep working for civil rights.

c)

Many people went to the girls’ funeral, but most Americans didn’t care that they had died or that the church had been bombed.

d)

The funeral was used as an opportunity for Martin Luther King Jr. to tell the community to stop fighting for civil rights or else more people might get hurt.

40.

In the bombing, how many girls were hurt or killed?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

3

d)

1

41.
African-American muslim civil rights activist
a)
Earl Warren
b)
James Meredith
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Jackie Robinson
42.
 Using your background knowledge, decide which Civil Rights leader stated these words:
"Black people shouldn't be non-violent unless white people are going to be nonviolent."
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
43.
What was Malcolm's real name?
a)
Malcolm Smith
b)
Matthew Little
c)
Malcolm Little
d)
Malcolm X
44.
Protests such as marches, sit-ins, and boycotts
a)
Violent Protest
b)
Non-violent Protest 
45.
 Which Civil Rights leader followed the ideas of Mohandas Ghandi?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
46.
Which Civil Rights leader advocated separation  for African Americans and was opposed to integration ?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Medgar Evers
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Eldrige Cleaver
47.
 Using your background knowledge, decide which Civil Rights leader stated these words:
"In spite of our mistreatment, we must not become bitter and end up hating our white brothers."
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
48.

The name of which Civil Rights leader best completes the title of the graphic?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Stokely Carmichael

49.

Which leader is most closely associated with the approach to reform illustrated in this photograph?

a)

Malcolm X of the Black Muslims

b)

Huey Newton of the Black Panthers

c)

Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

50.

Which of the following quotes conveys why the Nation of Islam became a movement across many cities across the US?

a)

"an answer to the urban misery that plagued blacks who lived in cities across the United States"

b)

"It was a nationalistic movement"

c)

"soon discovered that several of his brothers and sisters had joined the Nation of Islam"

51.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
Segregation of public schools became illegal
b)
African Americans began to play professional sports
c)
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
d)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
52.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
Segregation of public schools became illegal
b)
African Americans began to play professional sports
c)
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
d)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
53.
Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:
a)
Organizing the March on Washington
b)
Not giving us his bus seat
c)
Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education
d)
Giving African Americans the right to vote
54.
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
It gave black women the right to vote
b)
It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal
c)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
d)
It gave all blacks the right to vote
55.
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
b)
It allowed blacks to run for public office
c)
It ended segregation in schools
d)
It made poll taxes illegal
56.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
b)
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
c)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
d)
Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting
57.
What was the purpose of the 24th amendment?
a)
It ended slavery
b)
It ended segregation based on race
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be chosen to serve on the Supreme Court.
58.
Dr. King believed in using peaceful demonstrations to get the government to listen to the demands of the Civil Rights Movement.  He was influence by this person....
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Buddah
c)
Mahatma Ghandi
d)
Martin L. King Sr. 
59.
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
a)
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
b)
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
c)
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
d)
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
60.
The main goal of the freedom riders was to 
a)
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
b)
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
c)
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
d)
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
61.
Who led the group organizing the migrant farm workers?
a)
Dr. King
b)
Caesar Chavez
c)
Eldridge Cleaver
d)
Jose Feliciano
62.
What did many farm owners threaten to do to farm workers if they complained about working conditions?
a)
Find someone else to do their job.
b)
Have them deported from the country.
c)
Both found someone else to do their job and/or threatened to deport them.
d)
None of the answers
63.
Who was the leader of the United Farm Workers Union Movement?
a)
Sal Castro
b)
Gonzalo Mendez
c)
Pete Hernandez
d)
Cesar Chavez
64.
What was the name of the program that brought many people from Central America and the Caribbean to the United States during WWII?
a)
Operation Wetback
b)
The Bracero Progrm
c)
The Immigrant Induction Program
d)
None of the above
65.
Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
16th
d)
13th
66.
What was the name of the Chicano Political Party?
a)
Black Panthers
b)
Raza Unida Party
c)
Las Panteras
d)
None of these
67.
Which organization's name correctly completes this table?
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
Black Panther Party
c)
Congress of Racial Equality
d)
NAACP
68.

8.What organization did Cesar Chaves create and what did it fight for?

a)

Brown Berets; Black Power

b)

United Farm Workers; better pay and working conditions for migrant farmers

c)

Black Panthers: Black power movement and defense of black communities

d)

American Communist Party: Inspire communist revolution in America

69.

9.What was the impact of the Chicano Mural movement?

a)

It raised awareness for Mexican American culture and their issues

b)

It cost millions to clean up cities

c)

It lead to an increase in organized crime

d)

It lead to increased presence of INS

70.

11.What was the ruling of Hernandez v Texas

a)

Citizens must be read their rights when arrested

b)

Minorities are protected under the 14th Amendment: Cannot be excluded from juries

c)

Schools must have equal funding

d)

Segregation in schools is unconstituional

71.

13.Which of these is NOT a program created by the Great Society?

a)

Food Stamps

b)

Child Nutrition Act

c)

Medicare and Medicaid

d)

Social Security

72.

20. Which of these describes Hector. P. Garcia

a)

Created the United Farm Workers Union and a leader of the Chicano Movement

b)

Fought for the rights of women, immigrants, and to protect the environment

c)

Founder of the American G.I. Forum and a leader of the Chicano Movement

d)

Created the Brown Beret Party to help Chicanos protect their neighborhoods from the INS

73.

What did the president do for the Little Rock 9?

a)

He bought all of their textbooks.

b)

He drove them to school each day.

c)

He sent US soldiers to escort them to school each day.

d)

He bought them lunch at a lunch counter.

74.
What is the central idea of the article?
a)
Elizabeth Eckford had a terrible first day at Central High School.
b)
Elizabeth was one of the Little Rock Nine.
c)
The Little Rock Nine bravely endured a lot of mistreatment to integrate Central High.
d)
Many schools were segregated in the 1950s.
75.
Why were the Little Rock Nine unable to attend Central High School on September 4, 1957?
a)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower had sent U.S. Army troops to the school.
b)
The governor of Arkansas had ordered troops from the state's National Guard to stop them.
c)
An angry mob prevented the students from entering the building
d)
The U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education.
76.

Which of the following best describes the 1957 events at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

a)

Governor Faubus resisted the school’s integration with National Guard troops, and President Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce integration.

b)

President Eisenhower sent National Guard troops to resist the school’s integration, but Governor Faubus obtained a court order to dismiss them.

c)

President Eisenhower and Governor Faubus worked together to make the integration process run as smoothly as possible.

77.

The process of ending segregation based on racial differences; in practice this idea was legislated through numerous laws, reversing Plessy v. Ferguson

a)

Desegregation

b)

Integration

c)

Segregation

d)

Inclusion

78.

The process of consciously mixing races; this became a controversial part of the Civil Rights Movement as it tried to reverse unofficial segregation; many whites (and some blacks) resisted the idea

a)

Desegregation

b)

Integration

c)

Segregation

d)

Inclusion

79.

Peaceful resistance to unjust laws or practices; MLK Jr. used this tactic to great effect, forcing the nation to see the violence inherent in the racist laws and beliefs of American life

a)

Sit-ins

b)

Inclusion

c)

Desegregation

d)

Nonviolent protest

80.

Form of nonviolent protest popular among students; it involved simply being in a place you weren’t supposed to in order to disrupt people’s day-to-day lives; it led to prison overcrowding as a way to force change

a)

Boycotts

b)

Marches

c)

Sit-ins

d)

Strikes

81.

Civil Rights organization that utilized nonviolent protest effectively, but was criticized for slow change, and the perception that they stayed only long enough to gain publicity, never to actually force change

a)

Congress of Racial Equality

b)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

82.

Civil Rights leader who preached nonviolent protest and helped organize the Bus Boycott, Birmingham Riots, and the March on Washington; assassinated in 1968

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

James Meredith

83.

Civil Rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott which ended segregation in public transportation

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Linda Brown

d)

James Meredith

84.

Lead lawyer for the NAACP in the Brown v. Board of Education case, which ended racial segregation in schools; later became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

James Meredith

85.

Civil Rights activist who was the first African-American student admitted to Mississippi University only after the federal government stepped in to protect him from rioters

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Medgar Evers

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

James Meredith

86.

NAACP member working to desegregate Mississippi in many ways; assassinated while working to register African-American voters, sparking outrage and more push for change

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Medgar Evers

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

James Meredith

87.

Governor of Arkansas who tried to prevent black students from entering Central High by using the Arkansas National Guard; a year later he closed all Arkansas public schools to prevent integration

a)

Orval Faubus

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Ross Barnett

d)

George Wallace

88.

Governor of Alabama who stood in the doorway of Alabama University to prevent integration, called for segregation forever, and even ran for President on a racist platform in 1968

a)

Orval Faubus

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Ross Barnett

d)

George Wallace

89.

Group of African-American students who enrolled at Central High in Arkansas; the army had to escort them in for protection and they faced extreme racism throughout the school year

a)

Little Rock Nine

b)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

c)

SCLC

d)

Central High Seven

90.

Second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers; he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and forced many in America to see blacks as equal for the first time

a)

James Meredith

b)

Medgar Evers

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Buck O'Neill

91.

Elementary student who became the focus of school desegregation when her father tried to enroll her in a white school near her home

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Linda Brown

c)

Martina King

d)

Ida Tarbell

92.

Landmark Supreme Court case which ordered the desegregation of schools with the rationale that segregation is inherently unequal

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

WV Board v. Barnette

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Brown v. Board

93.

African-Americans successfully desegregated public transportation by refusing to use city buses for over a year, hurting the company’s profits

a)

Montgomery Boycott

b)

Selma March

c)

March on Washington

d)

Freedom Riders

94.

The first civil rights legislation since 1875; it strengthened the ability of the federal government to protect black voting rights and led to more effective legislation

a)

Executive Order 9981

b)

Brown v. Board

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

95.

What was the first action by the government to extend Civil Rights to minorities, post-WWII?

a)

Executive Order 9981

b)

Brown v. Board

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

96.

In response to student marchers protesting segregation in the city, police attacked them with fire hoses and dogs; it was seen on TV worldwide and caused most of the nation to condemn racism and support change

a)

March on Washington

b)

Birmingham Riots

c)

Selma March

d)

Freedom Riders

97.

Group of whites and blacks who traveled on buses throughout the South to challenge remaining segregation laws in transportation; violent attacks forced the government to officially desegregate interstate transportation

a)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

b)

Freedom Riders

c)

Montgomery Boycotters

d)

Little Rock Nine

98.

Thousands marched to protest segregation and force the federal government to pass civil rights legislation; it showed the nation the peaceful nature of the movement and led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

a)

Freedom Riders

b)

Selma March

c)

March on Washington

d)

Student March

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