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Civil Rights

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Thurgood Marshall

2.

More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally for jobs and freedom.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

Freedom Riders

d)

March on Washington

3.

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

4.

Enforced racial segregation in the South; all were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

5.
The use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change
a)
nonviolet
b)
nonviolin
c)
nonviolence
d)
nonviola
6.
Bringing separate groups together
a)
integration
b)
Looking at this will slow you down
c)
discrimination
d)
segregation
7.
When one group is treated differently than another group
a)
segregation
b)
integration
c)
determination
d)
discrimination
8.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
9.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
10.
An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.
a)
affirmative action
b)
de facto segregation
c)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
d)
National Organization for Women 
11.
Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson & integrated public schools
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Sweatt v. Painter
c)
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
d)
Hernandez v. Texas
12.
 What was the common goal of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides?
a)
to seek legal remedies to inequality
b)
to end segregation in all public areas
c)
to end segregation in public schools
d)
to force segregation to respond violently
13.
Who did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference elect as its first leader?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Thurgood Marshall
14.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
15.

Who was the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Lester Maddox

d)

John Lewis

16.

Who became famous for closing their Atlanta restaurant instead of integrating?

a)

Eugene Talmadge

b)

Lester Maddox

c)

Herman Talmadge

d)

Ellis Arnall

17.

This was an attempt by the SNCC and the NAACP to desegregate all areas in Albany.

a)

The Bus Boycott

b)

The Albany Movement

c)

The Civil Rights March of Albany

d)

The Ride to Freedom

18.

Who was not involved in the 3 Governors Controversy?

a)

Ellis Arnall

b)

Richard Russell

c)

Herman Talmadge

d)

Melvin Thompson

19.

Who was eventually inaugurated as Governor of Georgia after the 1946 election?

a)

Eugene Talmadge

b)

Herman Talmadge

c)

Ellis Arnall

d)

Melvin Thompson

20.

The 3 Governors Controversy brought positive public attention to Georgia

a)

True

b)

False