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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 
a)
Harry Belafonte
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
d)
Jesse Jackson
2.
To separate one group from another is ___________________.
a)
integration
b)
segregation
c)
Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow
3.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
4.
This banned the use of literacy tests.
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Movement
c)
Voting Rights Act
d)
Jim Crow Law
5.
What do John F.Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Kennedy all have in common?
a)
they were all assassinated.
b)
All of them went in to space.
c)
They all ran for president.
d)
All spoke at the March on Washington.
6.

The main goal of the freedom riders was to

a)

pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses

b)

inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow

c)

encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda

d)

desegregate urban bus systems in the south

7.
Dr. King believed in using peaceful demonstrations to get the government to listen to the demands of the Civil Rights Movement.  He was influence by this person....
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Buddah
c)
Mahatma Ghandi
d)
Martin L. King Sr. 
8.

Why were federal troops sent to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

a)

to stop race riots

b)

to enforce voting laws to allow African Americans to vote

c)

to protect African American students who were attending an all-white high school

d)

to arrest black students who were sitting at a whites-only lunch counter

9.

Why were African Americans in the South afraid to register to vote? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

they could lose their job

b)

they could become victims of violence

c)

they felt their vote did not matter

d)

their house could be burned down

10.
What event was organized after Rosa Parks was arrested?
a)
Birmingham bus boycott
b)
Atlanta bus boycott
c)
Memphis bus boycott
d)
Montgomery bus boycott
11.
City that saw violence at the protests and resulted in MLK being arrested?
a)
Montgomery
b)
Birmingham
c)
Selma
d)
Memphis
12.
What president pushed for a Civil Rights Act after he witnessed the violence in Birmingham?
a)
Lyndon Johnson
b)
John Kennedy
c)
Robert Kennedy
d)
Dwight Eisenhower
13.
What Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools?
a)
Korematsu v US
b)
Brown v Ferguson
c)
Brown v Board of Ed
d)
Plessy v Ferguson
14.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

a)

Ended segregation in schools

b)

Ended discrimination based on race, religion, gender, or national origin.

c)

Gave all African Americans who were born in the United States the right to vote.

d)

Gave all people the right to sit wherever they wanted on the city bus.

15.
What helped set the stage for the civil rights movement?
a)
Black Power Movement
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1968
c)
access to good jobs during WWII
d)
South Africa apartheid
16.
The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896 established that laws segregating African Americans were permitted in the so-called...
a)
"de facto segregation" doctrine.
b)
"Southern segregation" doctrine.
c)
"separate but equal" doctrine.
d)
"constitutional segregation" doctrine.
17.
"Bloody Sunday" occurred in reaction to which event?
a)
the Selma march
b)
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
the March on Washington
d)
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
18.
Which group worked to fight segregation and other inequalities primarily through the courts?
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
c)
SCLC
d)
AIM
19.
The route of the Freedom Riders went through...
a)
the Midwest.
b)
the South.
c)
New England.
d)
the West.
20.
The organization founded by student civil rights activists was...
a)
SNCC.
b)
CORE.
c)
NAACP.
d)
SCLC.
21.
Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and....
a)
Assassinating JFK
b)
Organizing the March on Washington
c)
Winning the Brown v. the Board of Education case
d)
Giving African-Americans the right to vote
22.

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

a)

WAC

b)

HUAC

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

23.

What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Prohibition

c)

NAACP

d)

Harlem Renaissance

24.

What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?

a)

Southern Peace Corps

b)

NAACP

c)

SNCC

d)

Black Panthers

25.

During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Little Rock Nine

c)

Atomic Bombs

d)

Flying Tigers

26.

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

a)

March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Mass Support Demonstrations

d)

Little Rock Nine

27.
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
28.
What Black Nationalist group was once led by Malcolm X?
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
SNCC
c)
CORE
d)
Black Panthers
29.
Literacy tests & poll taxes were used in the South to keep African Americans from doing what?
a)
voting
b)
serving in the military
c)
moving north
d)
getting an education
30.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
31.
Segregation caused by private action & not legislation
a)
de facto segregation
b)
de jure segregation
c)
affirmative action
d)
ex post facto segregation
32.
What was the goal of the Black Panthers?
a)
to turn American citizens against democracy
b)
to end the Vietnam War
c)
to convince African Americans to support "black power"
d)
to gain equal pay for black Americans
33.
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
34.

Which word means to separate by gender, race, or religion?

a)

Integrate

b)

feminists

c)

segregate

d)

civil rights

35.

This U.S. president was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis and supported the Civil Rights Movement. He was also assassinated for his support.

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Robert F. Kennedy

c)

MLK

d)

FDR

36.

Where was the "I Have a Dream" speech given?

a)

at the Washington Monument

b)

at the White House

c)

at the Lincoln Memorial

d)

in the Oval Office

37.
What does de jure segregation mean?
a)
Separate but unequal
b)
separation of races through tradition
c)
soup of the day
d)
separation of races through law
38.
What did both Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. agree on?
a)
nonviolent protests
b)
violent protests
c)
equality for African Americans
d)
religion
39.
How were Malcolm X and the Black Panthers different from MLK and SNCC?
a)
They advocated for armed self-defense.
b)
They were not religious.
c)
Malcolm X was not assassinated.
d)
They were basically the same.
40.
First black American student at Ole Miss, "marched against fear" in the South.
a)
James Meredith

b)
Fannie Lou Hamer
c)
Jackie Robinson
d)
George Wallace
41.
The bombing of a church in __________, resulted in the death of 4 young girls.
a)
Atlanta, Georgia
b)
Selma, Alabama
c)
Montgomery, Mississippi
d)
Birmingham, Alabama
42.
In 1966 he first used the phrase "Black Power," meaning be strong and take pride in being black.
a)
Medgar Evers
b)
Joe Louis
c)
Stokely Carmichael
d)
Muhammad Ali
43.
Lyndon Johnson was able to get Congress to pass the ________, which ended segregation.
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Fair Housing Act of 1968
c)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
d)
Social Security Act of 1965
44.

The changes shown in the chart were most directly the result of the

a)

enactment of voting-reform laws by these southern states

b)

Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education

c)

passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

executive branch’s resistance to protecting the civil rights of minorities

45.

Which two issues led to protests and riots in many American cities during the 1960s?

a)

space exploration and environmental pollution

b)

the Vietnam War and racial injustice

c)

inadequate health care and women’s liberation

d)

gasoline shortages and illegal immigration

46.

Which American president helped to protect the Freedom Riders?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Bush

c)

JFK

d)

Barack Obama

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