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Civil Rights Movement Pretest

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the man who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

James Meredith

d)

Charles Evers

2.

Who was the girl who went to an all-white school in the south?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

James Meredith

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

Martin Luther King Jr

3.

Who was the first African American man to go to the University of Mississippi?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Charles Evers

c)

James Meredith

d)

Rosa Parks

4.

What laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Brown Decision of 1954

5.

If Martin Luther King Jr was born in 1929, then how old would he be in 2021?

4 lines
6.

What is the definition of suffrage?

a)

unfair treatment of one particular person or group of people

b)

something to which a person has a just claim

c)

the practice or policy of separating a race, class, or group from the rest of society.

d)

the right to vote

7.

What is the definition of discrimination?

a)

the practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights

b)

unfair treatment of one particular person or group of people

c)

the separation of some people within society from others.

d)

the right to vote

8.

What is the definition of prejudice?

a)

unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough thought or knowledge.

b)

special things/actions that people are allowed to do.

c)

the practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights

d)

the separation of some people within society from others.

9.

What is the definition of segregation?

a)

the right to vote

b)

special things/actions that people are allowed to do.

c)

unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough thought or knowledge.

d)

the separation of some people within society from others.

10.

What is the definition of integration?

a)

the practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights

b)

the separation of some people within society from others.

c)

unfair treatment of one particular person or group of people

d)

the right to vote

11.

What is the definition of rights?

a)

special things/actions that people are allowed to do.

b)

the right to vote

c)

unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough thought or knowledge.

d)

the practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights