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Civil Rights Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The period of time known as the Civil Rights Era lasted from...

a)

1900-1918

b)

1954-1968

c)

1935-1965

d)

1865-1878

2.

What was significant about the Brown v. Board of Education (More than one correct answer)

a)

It overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson case

b)

Stopped discrimination in the workplace

c)

Declared bus segregation illegal

d)

Declared that school segregation was illegal

3.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

a)

Ended segregation and discrimination nationwide.

b)

Ended integration in public schools

c)

Secured voting rights for African Americans

d)

Boycotted stores owned by Southern segregationist

4.

What Supreme Court Case created the "separate-but-equal" doctrine.

a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
5.

What is the name for the nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
d)
Filibuster
6.
Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F. Kennedy
7.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
8.
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
9.
_______________ 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
10.

What is the name for people who protest to call attention to a cause such as civil rights

a)
activist
b)
actor
c)
reporter
d)
scholar
11.

A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product or use a service in hopes to have a financial impact and prompt change is known as a

a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
12.

What is it called when a person purposely

       breaks a law that they believe is unjust and is willing to    

       accept the consequences of their actions?

a)

Civil Rights

b)

Stealing

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Looting

13.

Rosa Parks

a)

was the secretary of the NAACP who refused to give up her seat to a white man

b)

was the president of the NAACP who led millions of sit-in protests

c)

started an all black bus company in Montegomery

d)

was a freedom rider who rode for integration

14.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 limited voting restrictions nationwide to

a)

Age and Social Status

b)

Age and Color

c)

Age and Citizenship

d)

Race and Gender

15.

What is NOT a form of nonviolent protest?

a)

Sit ins

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

Riots

d)

Boycotts

16.

What store did the Greensboro Four stage their first sit-in in?

a)

A target

b)

A Walgreens

c)

A Woolsworths

d)

A deli

17.

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

a)

4 individuals that forced the issue of integration at Little Rock Central High School.

b)

Orvall Faubus

c)

9 students who made the high honor roll at Little Rock Central High in 1957

d)

9 African American students that forced the issue of integration at Little Rock Central High School.

18.

What were issues African American's faced while fighting for their civil rights? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Discrimination

b)

Intimidation

c)

Segregation

d)

Unequal Opportunities/Unfair circumstances