WorksheetsUnit 10- Civil Rights
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 25mins
Slaves brought to America, were purchased from what continent?
South America
Australia
Africa
Asia
Congress made it illegal to bring more slaves from Africa in
1808
1896
1963
1954
Slavery existed in almost every area of the U.S. in the beginning, but most slaves were found in the
North
South
West
East
Something we need even though we don’t like it is a
Unnecessary luxury
Necessary evil
Needed luxury
Not needed evil
Enslaved people who escaped to a state where slavery was illegal-
Became free and their owners had no claim over them.
Did not become free. If their owners claimed them, they had to be returned.
Were arrested and thrown in prison.
Won their freedom through the Supreme Court.
In a slave state, enslaved people counted as what portion of a population?
1/2
0
100%
3/5
In retaliation to Nat Turner's rebellion, the white owners
Gave the rebels a stern lecture
Sentenced the rebels to prison for a year
Took mercy on the rebels and set them free
executed hundreds of black people
What best describes Dred Scott ?
slave who sued for his freedom
slaveowner who sued for the return of a fugitive slave
Georgia politician trying to ban slavery
Supreme Court judge making a ruling on the spread of slavery
Dred Scott's case went to...
the Georgia State Supreme Court.
the United States Supreme Court.
the U.S. Congress.
Georgia General Assembly
(Please select three correct answers) In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves...
were NOT citizens of the U.S.
had NO right to sue in court.
were considered to be the property of their owner.
should all be freed immediately.
What did the 13th Amendment say?
Slavery was illegal/not allowed.
All people are citizens of the United States
All men in the United States can vote.
What did the 14th Amendment say?
All men can vote.
Slavery is illegal/not allowed.
All people (born in the U.S.A.) are citizens of the United States.
What did the 15th Amendment say?
Slavery is illegal/not allowed.
All men can vote.
All people (born in the U.S.A.) are citizens of the United States.
Who did the 13th Amendment help?
All people.
All women.
All slaves.
What Amendments helped freedmen?
13th Amendment
13th, 14th and 15th Amendment
14th and 15th Amendment
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
Jim Crow
Check all that apply. Which of the following are true of the Civil Rights movement?
The Civil Rights movement began in the mid 1950s and lasted until approximately 1968
The Civil Rights movement fought to end racial segregation and discrimination
The Civil Rights movement was led by people such as Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Civil Rights movement didn't accomplish anything for black Americans.
Which group was set up to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Montgomery Boycott Organisers (MBO)
Montgomery Racist Haters (MRH)
Montgomery Bus Boycotters (MBB)
Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)
Who was chosen to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association that organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
E.D. Nixon
Ralph Abernathy
Did the Montgomery Bus Boycott continue after the one day protest?
Yes
No
Maybe
Who knows
What happened as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Back Americans got equal rights.
Segregation on public transport was ruled to be unconstitutional.
Nothing happened, buses remained segregated.
Black Americans were never allowed on buses again.
In the statement "The Montgomery bus boycott triggered a firestorm in the South", the term firestorm refers to-
a large amount of anger and criticism
a large wildfire burning in California
an airplane attack during a war
a weather occurrence that happens in South America.
What happened as a result of this boycott?
Back Americans got equal rights.
Segregation on public transport was ruled to be unconstitutional.
Nothing happened, buses remained segregated.
Black Americans were never allowed on buses again.
Rosa Parks had not planned to take this action; it was a spontaneous decision when she found herself facing discrimination
True
False
“The Montgomery bus boycott triggered a firestorm in the South.” What does this mean?
Black Americans ran scared to the North.
Black Americans all over the region and other states began to boycott bus companies too.
Civil War broke out between the northern and southern states.
An air raid took place dropping bombs from planes to take out the entire state of Alabama.
Check all that apply. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into the law the Civil Rights Act of 1957. That law did which of the following?
It created a Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice
It gave federal officials the power to prosecute individuals that tried to keep another citizen from voting.
It signaled a growing federal commitment to the cause of civil rights.
It erased the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments from the Constitution.
Who were the Little Rock 9?
group of Freedom Riders firebombed by the KKK
leaders of the Black Panthers
first blacks students to attempt to desegregate Arkansas public schools
jury members who acquitted the murderers of Emmett Till
The case Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal to...
Segregate schools
Allow children to attend white schools
Allow children to work on schools
Keep schools equal
When someone judges another person in a negative way it is called____________________.
Stereotype
Prejudice
Inequality
Discrimination
Laws adopted in most southern states creating a legal form of segregation.
Black codes
Blue codes
Anti-racial laws
Abolitionist laws
People who wanted slavery ended permanently
Dixiecrats
Democrats
Abolitionists
Supremacists
When one group of people is treated differently than another group of people.
Segregation
Discrimination
Awarding
Activism
When one group is kept separate from another group.
Discrimmination
Abolitionism
Segregation
Unification
Bringing awareness to a cause without using violence.
Rioting
Non-violent
Aggressiveness
War
