WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement Intro Review 2nd TryQuiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
When did the Civil Rights Movement take place?
1920s, 1930s
1940s, 1950s
1950s, 1960s
None of the above
The Reconstruction Amendments are the _____th, ______th, and the ______th.
12,13,14
13,14,15
14,15,16
None of the above
What was the period after the Civil War called?
(a)
What was put in the southern states to help protect African Americans, so they could vote?
(a)
In 1877, with the Compromise of 1877, the South began to revert back to segregation and Jim Crow Laws?
True
False
Check all the ways the South tried to keep African Americans from voting.
Literacy Tests
Poll Taxes
Grandfather Clauses
KKK
This amendment gave all Americans born in the United States citizenship and protection under the law to protect their rights.
13th
14th
15th
16th
This amendment guaranteed African Americans freedom from slavery.
13th
14th
15th
16th
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
13th
14th
15th
16th
What is segregation?
A separation of races.
A coming together of the races.
The meeting of two or more people.
None of the above.
What was the main focus of Jim Crow Laws?
desegregation
segregation
equality
None of the above
Jim Crow Laws were not adopted in the North but there was still discrimination in the North. It was especially prevalent when an African American tried to obtain an education or buy a house.
True
False
One way the South denied African Americans from voting was to allow voting for citizens only if your father or grandfather voted prior to the (a) period.
In the South, African Americans were asked to take tests that were difficult and confusing. If they did not pass the tests they were not allowed to vote. These were called (a) .
The Reconstruction period took place after the Civil War, so that would mean that it started after __________.
1861
1863
1865
None of the above
The poll tax kept African Americans from voting because they ___________.
did not have an education because they were not allowed to read and write as slaves.
did not have a father or grandfather who was able to vote prior to Reconstruction.
did not have enough money to afford it.
None of the above.
Plessy v Ferguson was a Supreme Court case that established whether it was constitutional or not to separate the races in transportation and regarding other facilities. The Supreme Court concluded ___________.
It was constitutional as long as it was "separate but equal".
It was not constitutional because it was inherently wrong to separate the races.
It was unconstitutional but as long as it was "separate but equal" it was okay.
None of the above.
In the South there were signs that read "Colored" and "White" that segregated society. This was an example of Jim Crow Laws.
True
False
We no longer use the word "colored" as it is seen as offensive.
True
False
The Brown v Board of Topeka case overturned the Plessy v Ferguson case. It concluded segregation was _______________ in this year____________.
constitutional as long as it was "separate but equal," 1954
constitutional as long as it was "separate but equal," 1896
unconstitutional because it is inherently wrong to separate the races, 1954
unconstitutional because it is inherently wrong to separate the races, 1896
