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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which does NOT describe Benjamin Mays?
a)
Chairman of the Board of Education
b)
Mentor to Martin Luther King Jr
c)
Governor of Georgia
d)
President of Morehouse college
2.
What was the ruling in the Brown V. BOE case?
a)
Separate but equal was OK but not in schools
b)
Separate but equal was unconstitutional
c)
Buses should not be segregated
d)
All schools should be segregated
3.
True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. urged his followers to react with violence when they were physically attacked.
a)
True: He supported Violent Protests
b)
False: He supported Non-Violent Protests 
4.
What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?
a)
Help blacks secure jobs
b)
Help blacks and whites to meet civilly to discuss issues 
c)
To stop the protests in Georgia
d)
To solve the problems with desegregating Georgia schools 
5.
What was the name of the event where MLK Jr gave his "I Have A Dream" speech?
a)
The March on Atlanta, GA
b)
THe Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
The Albany Movement
d)
The March on Washington, D.C.
6.
What was the purpose of the March on Washington?
a)
To urge the passage of the Civil Rights Act
b)
To protest for women's rights
c)
It was a political rally for the campaign of Herman Talmadge
d)
It was organized to stop the Albany Movement in Georgia
7.

Thurgood Marshall:

a)

Was a student in Linda Brown's class

b)

Led the March on Washington

c)

Was the sheriff of the Albany during the Albany Movement

d)

Argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in front of the Supreme Court

8.

What did many people believe the 1956 Georgia flag was in response to?

a)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

The old flag was ugly

c)

Georgia's resistance to the federal government's integration laws

d)

The Pro-Black National Party

9.

The Sibley Commission found that:

a)

Waldo was hiding by the jeep in the beach scene

b)

Georgia was ready for desegregation

c)

Schools wanted to individually choose how they handled segregation

d)

2 out of 3 Georgians would rather see schools closed than integrated

10.

What was the Civil Rights Movement

a)

Civil lawyers voted to move the courts to cities

b)

African Americans fought against racial discrimination and segregation

c)

Whites fought to preserve segregation

d)

Hispanics voters fought for the right to vote

11.

Martin Luther King Jr. :

a)

Was a student of Benjamin Mays

b)

Was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement

c)

Led the March on Washington

d)

All of the above

12.

Led anti-discrimination marches and protests throughout the South. Was founded by MLK and his church members.

a)

The Bourbon Class

b)

The Board of Education

c)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

d)

Ku Klux Klan

13.

What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe was the cause of failure for the Albany Movement?

a)

The government welcomed the protestors

b)

There was not enough support

c)

There were too many groups trying to do too many protests

d)

Many groups got the days mixed up

14.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

a)

The law banned the use of civil lawyers in a court room

b)

Law that banned Civil Rights protests in Washington

c)

A play performed on Broadway about Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

This law banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion

15.

Leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, leader of the Selma March, current U.S. Representative from Georgia

a)

John Lewis

b)

Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Maynard Jackson

d)

Andrew Young

16.

How did Lester Maddox surprise his supporters once he became Governor of Georgia?

a)

He hired more African Americans to government jobs than all other Georgia Governors combined

b)

He openly supported Civil Rights leaders

c)

He agreed to take the Confederate battle flag off of the State Flag.

d)

He organized a large memorial services for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

17.

In your opinion, how did the fact that President John F. Kennedy support the Civil Rights Movement allow it to gain in popularity? Do you feel that the movement would have been successful if it did not have his support?

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