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The Civil Rights Movement Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which era did the Plessy vs Ferguson usher in?

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Black Codes

c)

Slavery

d)

Emancipation

2.

What term refers to the separation of the races?

a)

Two sides

b)

Desegregation

c)

Segregation

d)

Jim Crow

3.

Which supreme court ruling overturned the ruling of Plessy vs Ferguson?

a)

Plessy vs Ferguson

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Brown vs The Board of Education

d)

Roe vs Wade

4.

Homer Plessy's case had to do with

a)

Not being allowed education

b)

Not being allowed to ride in the train cart he wanted to

c)

Not being allowed to eat in the restaurant he wanted to

d)

Not being able to swim in the pool he wanted to

5.

Which Board of Education was sued by Mr. Brown and other families for integration of their children?

a)

Little Rock

b)

Topeka

c)

Mississippi

d)

Arkansas

6.

Which of the following was associated with the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Homer Plessy

b)

Elizabeth Eckford

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Emmitt Till

7.

In which year was the ruling of Brown vs The Board of Education passed?

a)

1896

b)

1954

c)

1955

d)

1957

8.

What term was used to describe the rides taken to test the integration of the interstate bus system during the 1960's?

a)

Freedom Summer

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

March of Washington

d)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

9.

What term was used to describe the effort of young students that came from the North to help blacks to read in an effort to get them to register to vote?

a)

Freedom Summer

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

Sit-ins

10.

What was the name of the young pastor that became popular as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Malcom X

11.

Which civil rights group was behind the Freedom rides ?

a)

CORE

b)

SCLC

c)

SNCC

d)

COFO

12.

In which year did the March on Washington occur?

a)

1957

b)

1963

c)

1964

d)

1965

13.

In which year was the Civil Rights Act passed?

a)

1954

b)

1963

c)

1964

d)

1965

14.

In which year was the Voting Rights Act passed?

a)

1954

b)

1963

c)

1964

d)

1965

15.

Which 1964 Act prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin?

a)

Emancipation Act

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Voting Rights Act

d)

Discrimination Act

16.

Which 1965 Act outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War?

a)

Emancipation Act

b)

Civil Right Act

c)

Voting Rights Act

d)

Discrimination Act

17.

Which of the following groups was Stokely Carmichael affiliated with?

a)

CORE

b)

SNCC

c)

SCLC

d)

COFO

18.

Which of the following civil rights activists was assassinated for his role in the NAACP?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Medgar Evers

c)

Malcom X

d)

John F. Kennedy

19.

Which of the following was NOT one of the tactics used by the civil rights activists during the 1950's and 1960's?

a)

Sit-ins

b)

Boycotts

c)

Marches

d)

Fights

20.

In which year was the ruling of Plessy vs Ferguson passed?

a)

1896

b)

1954

c)

1955

d)

1957