WorksheetsAmerican civil rights movement
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 19mins
Brown v. Board of Education
Hernandez v. Texas
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Forcing people to use separate facilities according to race
boycott
segregation
civil disobedience
integration
Brown v. Board of Education
Hernandez v. Texas
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which of these is best described in the list above?
Plessey vs Ferguson
Civil Rights Act
March on Washington
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Bus segreagation enforced
Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed on April 4th, 1968. His death hit the American people very hard and caused a series of riots in over 100 cities throughout the United States. King of was a leader of which of the following movements?
civil rights
emancipation
women's suffrage
independence
The policy of "separate but equal" was used to
increase the number of political parties.
justify the practice of legal racial segregation.
prevent the passage of unfair laws.
halt the creation of independent school districts.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?
denying the right to vote based on race or color
denying the right to vote based on gender
allowing people to vote multiple times
allowing people under the age of 21 to vote
Segregation in schools became legal
It made all Jim Crow Laws illegal
It ended segregation in schools
It prevented African Americans from voting
Which of the following best describes the result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
What were the laws designed to keep white people and black people apart called?
Segregation Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Seperation Laws
Separate but Equal Laws
Which of the following were examples of places that were segregated during the Civil Rights Movement?
Busses
Restrooms/Water Fountains
Houses
All of the above
None of the above
In Brown V. BOE, what did the court rule about school segregation?
That it was alright as long as the facilities were equal.
That it was unconstitutional.
That it was wrong, but you could still do it if you wanted.
That it was perfectly fine.
Which important Civil Rights figure refused to give up his/her spot on the bus after a long day of work?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
What was the 1963 march led by Martin Luther King Jr. in which more than 250,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. called?
March on DC
March on Washington
Marching Orders
Trail through Washington
What is the name of Martin Luther King's most famous speech?
I Can See it Now
I Have a Plan
I Have a Dream
Dreams
What is true of the KKK?
It stood for Klan Klux Klu
They wore white hoods
They burnt crosses
They were multi-racial
