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Civil Rights - Parts 3-4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many total people participated in sit-ins?

a)

1,000

b)

700

c)

600,000

d)

70,000

2.

The purpose of sit-ins is to protest segregation in.....

a)

restaurants

b)

buses

c)

bathrooms

d)

the northern states

3.

How did students prepare for sit-ins?

a)

taught students how to sit peacefully and ignore harassment

b)

taught students how to fight.

c)

taught students how to sing freedom songs

d)

taught students how taunt at anti-protesters

4.

Where did the sit-ins occur?

a)

Woolworths in Greensboro, North Carolina

b)

McDonalds in Selma, Alabama

c)

Applebees in Atlanta, Georgia

d)

BoJangles in Jacksonville, Florida

5.

How many people participated in the first sit-in?

a)

4

b)

70

c)

10

d)

9

6.

How many cities had sit-ins?

a)

100

b)

75

c)

48

d)

55

7.

How many people were arrested during sit-ins?

a)

3,600

b)

1,000

c)

900

d)

400

8.

Bus rides through the south to protest southern states ignoring interstate desegregation laws is called?

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

Montgomery Bus Boycotts

c)

Greensboro Sit-ins

d)

March on Selma

9.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964....

a)

outlawed segregation in all public settings

b)

improved voting rights for minorities

c)

allowed all people the right to public housing

d)

was created by southern politicians

10.

Civil Rights organization started by James Farmer the leader of the Freedom Rides?

a)

CORE/Congress of Racial Equality

b)

NAACP/National Association for Advancement of Colored People

c)

NASA/National Association of a Safe America

d)

FPO/Freedom for all People Organization

11.

Civil Rights organization started by College students.

a)

SNCC/Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

b)

Black Panthers

c)

SFA/Southern Freedom Alliance

d)

UCRO/United Civil Rights Organization

12.

What didn't happened to the Freedom Riders?

a)

arrested

b)

beaten

c)

buses set on fire

d)

protected by police

13.

How many white people met the buses in Montgomery to protest the Freedom Riders?

a)

1,000

b)

500

c)

250

d)

3,000

14.

How many Freedom Riders went to jail?

a)

328

b)

86

c)

247

d)

892

15.

What one is not a methods of Voter Suppression?

a)

literacy tests

b)

poll taxes

c)

explain state Constitution

d)

own land

16.

What DIDN"T happened during the March on Selma Alabama?

a)

activists marched to the courthouse to get voting rights.

b)

College students boycotted businesses.

c)

activists were arrested

d)

activists were beaten and killed

17.

The March on Selma was led by....

a)

Martin Luther King jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Emmett Till

d)

Malcolm X

18.

The Voters Rights Act of 1965 did not....

a)

ensured the rights of blacks to vote

b)

got rid of the Poll Tax

c)

got rid of literacy test

d)

kept people of color from voting

19.

How many miles was the March on Selma?

a)

54

b)

109

c)

24

d)

63

20.

How many protesters marched to Selma

a)

550-600

b)

1,500-1,800

c)

200-225

d)

2,400 - 2,500