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Civil Rights

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Court case that made legal justification for segregation

a)

Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

2.

Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.

a)

Brown vs. the Board of Education

b)

13th Amendment

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Jim Crow Laws

3.

Refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.

a)

Mary Washington

b)

Jackie Kennedy

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Rosa Parks

4.

When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a black man.

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

March on Washington

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

15th Amendment

5.

President who imposed a ruling to integrate public schools

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

6.

Growth in economic and political chances for minority citizens was achieved by civil disobedience methods like-

a)

Marches, Freedom Rides, and Sit-ins

b)

Riots, Boycotts, and Guerilla Warfare

c)

Protests, Sit-ins, and Riots

7.

Challenged the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

Sit-ins

c)

Marches

d)

Boycotts

8.

Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?

a)

on busses

b)

in schools

c)

at polling places

d)

at lunch counters

9.

Companies discriminated African Americans so the federal government answered by passing the-

a)

Title IX

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

24th Amendment

10.

Prohibits racial discrimination in voting (voting people, voting)

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1965