WorksheetsVS 9 Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did a lot of Black veterans experience when they came back from WWII?
a)
equality
b)
discrimination
c)
chances to attend college for free
d)
travel
2.
What event is being described below:
A father sued city of Topeka, KS because his daughter, could not attend the school closest to their home since she was black.
a)
Brown vs. Board of Education
b)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
c)
Housen vs. Board of Education
d)
September court case
3.
What was the outcome of the Brown vs. Board of Education case?
a)
Brown lost
b)
The Board of Education won
c)
Schools stayed segregated
d)
Schools were desegregated
4.
Jim Crow laws established __________ by race in all public places.
a)
integration
b)
segregation
c)
desegregation
5.
Who led the Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public schools?
a)
A. Linwood Holton
b)
L. Douglas Wilder
c)
Harry F. Byrd
d)
Oliver W. Hill
6.
What is the abolishment of racial segregation?
a)
integration
b)
segregation
c)
desegregation
7.
What is the full equality of all races in the use of public facilities?
a)
integregation
b)
segregation
c)
desegregation
8.
In the case of "Brown v. Board of Education," the Supreme Court ruled...
a)
"separate but equal" public schools were constitutional.
b)
"separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional.
9.
Which of the following is Harry F. Byrd NOT known for?
a)
"Pay As You Go" policy for road improvement.
b)
Leading the Massive Resistance Movement.
c)
Giving African Americans state government jobs.
d)
Modernizing Virginia state government.
10.
Which movement fought to end Jim Crow laws and make racial discrimination illegal?
a)
Civil Rights Movement
b)
Massive Resistance
11.
After Virginia's public school were order to integrate...
a)
schools stayed opened and welcomed students of all races
b)
some schools were closed to avoid this integration
c)
black and white students were able to go to the same schools
12.
What did Jim Crow Laws do?
a)
stopped segregation
b)
allowed places like bathrooms, drinking fountains, buses to be segregated
c)
stated that schools needed to be desegregated
d)
gave all people the right to vote
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