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WorksheetsThe Civil Rights Movement Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
2) Which describes Martin Luther King Jr?
A leading Black Muslim who supported violent resistance to white oppression of black communities
A preacher who believed in non-violent civil disobedience, wanted a Civil Rights Bill passed, and was assassinated in 1968.
A founder of the militant Black Panther Party who believed in open carrying weapons who was assassinated in 1968.
4) What was the ruling of Brown v Board of Education and what ruling did it overturn?
Women have a right to an abortion, Miranda v Arizona
Minorities have to be on juries, Delago v Bastrop ISD
Citizens have few rights when in school, Tinker v Des Moines
Segregation in schools is unconstitutional, Plessy V Ferguson
9) Which of these describes the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Bans employer discrimination and public segregation
Bans voter intimidation and literacy tests
Bans poll taxes
Students can join any school activity regardless of gender
10) Which of these describes Thurgood Marshall?
Created the Black Panther Party
Argues Brown v Board for the NAACP in 1954 and became The first African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967
Used non-violent civil disobedience to encourage change
Created the American G.I. Forum
Whites Only Water Fountain
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
Racial Rules
Lincoln Laws
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Whose public speech was the famous "I have a dream...."
Martin Luther King
J.F. Kennedy
Donald Trump
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Which case stated that schools must integrate, thus overthrowing "separate but equal."
Brown v. Board of Education
The Little Rock Nine
Plessy v. Ferguson
Frantz v. William
Protests, economic and political noncooperation (like sit-ins and boycotts) are examples of what?
Segregation
Nonviolent Protests
Civil Rights
Freedom Rides
