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WorksheetsThe Civil RIghts Movement
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What were the laws designed to keep white people and black people apart called?
Segregation Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Seperation Laws
Separate but Equal Laws
What is the keeping of white and black people separate called?
Segregation
Seperation
Keeping Apart
Division
Which of the following were examples of places that were segregated during the Civil Rights Movement?
Busses
Restrooms/Water Fountains
Houses
All of the above
In Brown V. BOE, what did the court rule about school segregation?
That it was alright as long as the facilities were equal.
That it was unconstitutional.
That it was wrong, but you could still do it if you wanted.
That it was perfectly fine.
Which important Civil Rights figure refused to give up his/her spot on the bus after a long day of work?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
After Rosa Parks was arrested, who led the protest to boycott busses called the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr. believed that African Americans could gain their rights by protesting against unfair laws in what way?
Violently
By fighting
With a Civil War
Peacefully
What was the 1963 march led by Martin Luther King Jr. in which more than 250,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. called?
March on DC
March on Washington
Marching Orders
Trail through Washington
What is the name of MLK's most famous speech?
I Can See it Now
I Have a Plan
I Have a Dream
Dreams
In Project C for Confrontation, adults held signs and paraded around town against segregation. What happened to the adults?
They were in the newspaper.
They were sprayed with water hoses.
They were yelled at.
They were arrested.
Why were children asked to march to protest instead?
Children didn't have jobs to lose.
Children didn't own their own house.
Children were the only ones left to protest.
Children volunteered to help protest for freedom.
After Bull Connor directed the police to "let 'em have it" with the fire hoses, some students remained holding hands and were soaking wet. What song were they singing?
We Are the World
We the People
We Are Family
Freedom
Life Magazine showcased an 11 page spread of photos from the Children's March which made what president sick?
Benjamin Franklin
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Where is Birmingham?
Alabama
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York
What happened to the children that protested?
Do you think the children demonstrated resilience?
Yes
No
