WorksheetsCivil Rights
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Choose 2 important facts about Martin Luther King Jr.
He refused to give up his seat on a bus.
He led the March on Washington.
He gave a famous speech called "I Have a Dream."
He ended slavery.
What was the name of John F. Kennedy's brother, who was shot while running for President?
Billy Joe Bob Kennedy
Jason Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Ruby Bridges
Thurgood Marshall
What were the laws called that enforced segregration, claiming it was "separate, but equal?"
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Test Laws
Poll Tax Laws
Separation Laws
What was the name of the court case where a family sued a school district because their daughter, Linda, could not attend a school due to her skin color?
Bridges vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education
Integration vs. Board of Education
Marshall vs. Board of Education
Which bill was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson to ban segregation from all public places?
24th Amedment
Civil Rights Act
Jim Crow Laws
Voting Rights Act
What was it called when for 13 months African Americans did not ride buses?
Alabama Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott
No Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
Which Act banned literacy tests as a condition for voting?
Civil Rights Act
Equality of the People Act
Reading & Writing Act
Voting Rights Act
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in the power of what?
nonviolent protests
segregation
violent protests
war
Who were the Little Rock 9?
the 9 African Americans who boycotted the buses
the 9 African Americans who built a school in Little Rock
the 9 African Americans who signed the Civil Rights Act
the 9 African Americans who first integrated a high school in Little Rock
What was the purpose of the 24th Amendment?
It banned African Americans from voting.
It banned Jim Crow laws.
It banned poll taxes as a condition for voting.
It banned slavery.
Why did President John F. Kennedy not have the chance to see the Civil Rights Act get passed?
He changed his mind and thought segregation should be legal.
He was assassinated before it got passed.
The Civil Rights Act never did get passed.
He was blind.
Who worked to improve working conditions for farmers in California?
Cesar Millan
Cesar Chavez
Christopher Columbus
Prince Charles
Which President signed the Civil Rights Act?
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
George Washington
Which famous woman was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus?
Rosa Parks
Ruby Bridges
Barbara Henry
Rosie the Riveter
