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WorksheetsCivil Rights & 1950's
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 2hrs 10mins
What does civil mean?
Having to with citizens and their government
unfair treatment based on race
Not using a product or business because they are racist
Not follow unjust laws
What does discrimination mean?
Having to with citizens and their government
Not using a product or business because they are racist
unfair treatment based on race
Not follow unjust laws
What does boycott mean?
Having to with citizens and their government
unfair treatment based on race
Not using a product or business because they are racist
Not follow unjust laws
What does civil disobedience mean?
Having to with citizens and their government
unfair treatment based on race
Not using a product or business because they are racist
Not follow unjust laws
NAACP stands for which group?
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
SCLC stands for which group?
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
SNCC stands for which group?
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE stands for which group?
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
What did the Plessy V Fergurson court case rule in favor of?
separate but equal
bus boycotts
desegregation
allowing black students into white schools
What did Brown V Board of Education help do?
desegregate the buses
segregate the north
desegregate the schools
separate but equal
Which area was primarily segregated but LAW in the US?
Mexico
North
South East
West Coast
What does integrating mean?
Having to with citizens and their government
unfair treatment based on race
Not using a product or business because they are racist
to bring races together
What event blocked students with National Guard troops from entering a high school?
I Have a Dream Speech
Brown V Board of Education
Little Rock Showdown
Birmingham Campaign
Who was the person that started the bus boycotts?
John Lewis
Ross Barnett
Rosa Parks
George Wallace
Where did the bus boycotts take place?
Birmingham
Montgomery
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
Which group did Rosa Parks join in the fight against discrimination?
NAACP
SCLC
SNCC
CORE
What did the bus boycotts help do?
desegregate the buses
segregate the north
desegregate the schools
separate but equal
How long did the bus boycotts last?
Several years
little more than a year
a few weeks
one day
Where did black people have to sit on buses when they were segregated?
on the roof
front
back
they couldn't ride at all
Where was MLK from?
Birmingham
Washington D.C.
Montgomery
Atlanta
What was MLK's job besides civil rights leader?
politician
minister
movie star
janitor
What technique did MLK use to fight injustice?
court cases
guns
violence
civil disobedience
Which group did MLK start?
SCLC
NAACP
CORE
SNCC
What does civil disobedience mean?
unfair treatment based on race
Having to with citizens and their government
Not using a product or business because they are racist
refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust
Why was the north segregated even though it was illegal?
they didn't get the memo that racism is bad
they didn't care about the rules
white people moved to the suburbs and black people couldn't move there
the states made their own rules
What is an interstate?
moving between two states
refusing to use or buy a product
not following unjust laws
the act of protesting by sitting down, commonly used as a method of nonviolent protest
What is a sit-in?
moving between two states
refusing to use or buy a product
not following unjust laws
the act of protesting by sitting down, commonly used as a method of nonviolent protest
What is civil disobedience?
moving between two states
refusing to use or buy a product
not following unjust laws
the act of protesting by sitting down, commonly used as a method of nonviolent protest
What is a boycott?
moving between two states
refusing to use or buy a product
not following unjust laws
the act of protesting by sitting down, commonly used as a method of nonviolent protest
Where did the civil rights movement expand?
west
south
north
east
Who primarily joined the SNCC?
doctors
lawyers
students
white people
When was JFK’s assassination?
November 1963
November 1934
November 1999
November 1930
Who took over after JFK?
LBJ
FDR
DJT
MLK
What was the first major act LBJ passed?
Taft-Hartley Act
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
The New Deal
What did the Freedom Summer workers help do?
To go fight in Korea over the summer
Help black people in the south to register to vote
To spread freedom in Hungary
To spread freedom in the Soviet Union
Why did the march from Selma to Montgomery happen?
They wanted to end slavery in Selma
To protest and bring attention to the lack of voting rights for black people in the south
To protest the high prices of groceries
They wanted to end segregation in Selma
What was the second major act LBJ passed?
Civil Rights Act
The New Deal
Fair Voting Act
Voting Rights Act
How did the Voting Rights Act enable more black people to be elected to office?
This act didn't help
It forced black people to run for office
More black people voting = more black people elected into office
It made voting free to everyone
Which group did not agree with MLK's way of fighting for Civil Rights?
Black Cheetahs
White Zebras
Sit-ins
Black Panthers
When was MLK assassinated?
April 4, 1986
April 4, 1990
April 4, 1968
April 4, 1945
What does feminist mean?
disabled
a particular phase or part of something
activist for woman's rights
diverse
What does aspect mean?
disabled
a particular phase or part of something
activist for woman's rights
diverse
What is the definition of a bunch of different types of people?
disabled
a particular phase or part of something
activist for woman's rights
diverse
What does Latino mean?
disabled
a particular phase or part of something
activist for woman's rights
a group of people from Latin America
What was the purpose of the Equal Pay Act?
To get equal pay for black people.
To ensure voting rights
To make sure children were paid the same or close to what adults were paid for the same job
To make sure women were paid the same or close to what men were paid for the same job
How much did immigration from Latin America increase by 1960 to 2010?
2
6 million
1 million
1 trillion
Which country did most of the immigrants come from that were from Latin America?
Canada
Mexico
Argentina
Spain
Who organized 1000’s of workers into the United Farm Workers group?
Cesar Chavez
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Who led the Cuban revolution?
Cesar Chavez
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
What is a migrant worker?
A worker who goes from farm to farm to look for work
A worker who comes to the US to work
A worker from the country of Migrant
A worker that leaves the US to work
What type of domestic policies did Eisenhower follow?
Progressive
Liberal
Conservative
Middle of the Road
What are the excess funds at the end of budgeting?
surplus
arms race
summit
standard of living
affluence
What is it called when two countries are building up guns and military to compete against each other?
surplus
arms race
summit
standard of living
affluence
What is a meeting between heads of state?
surplus
arms race
summit
standard of living
affluence
What is a measure of things and comforts enjoyed by a group of people?
surplus
arms race
summit
standard of living
affluence
What is another word for "having wealth"?
surplus
arms race
summit
standard of living
affluence
What means to focus on money and collecting items?
surplus
materialism
summit
standard of living
affluence
Which act helped build roads all across the country?
Civil Rights Act
Interstate
Federal Act of Roads of 1985
Federal Highway Act of 1956
What other transportation project was similar to the highway building in the '50s?
Planes
Railroads
Internet
Computers
What two events almost ended the Cold War? (CHOOSE TWO)
Soviets bombed Pearl Harbor
Hungarian revolution
The invasion of Egypt
The US attacked Guam
What were the Soviets and the US building during the Arms Race?
Internet
Guns and Bombs
Sports stadiums
Cars
What was it called when the Soviets and US were competing to get into space first?
Space Race
Astronaut Race
Race into Space
Space Jam
What was the group of people called that were born during or right after WWII?
Millennials
Generation X
Baby Boomers
Generation Z
What new type of industry helped companies sell more things?
Railroads
Advertising
Spaceships
Cars
What type of music was created during the 50's?
Gospel
Heavy Metal
Rap
Rock n Roll
