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WorksheetsCivil Rights Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 17mins
The period of time known as the Civil Rights Era lasted from...
1900-1918
1954-1968
1935-1965
1865-1878
What was significant about the Brown v. Board of Education (More than one correct answer)
It overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson case
Stopped discrimination in the workplace
Declared bus segregation illegal
Declared that school segregation was illegal
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Ended segregation and discrimination nationwide.
Ended integration in public schools
Secured voting rights for African Americans
Boycotted stores owned by Southern segregationist
What Supreme Court Case created the "separate-but-equal" doctrine.
What is the name for the nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
What is the name for people who protest to call attention to a cause such as civil rights
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
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?
Civil Rights
Stealing
Civil Disobedience
Looting
Rosa Parks
was the secretary of the NAACP who refused to give up her seat to a white man
was the president of the NAACP who led millions of sit-in protests
started an all black bus company in Montegomery
was a freedom rider who rode for integration
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 limited voting restrictions nationwide to
Age and Social Status
Age and Color
Age and Citizenship
Race and Gender
What is NOT a form of nonviolent protest?
Sit ins
Freedom Rides
Riots
Boycotts
What store did the Greensboro Four stage their first sit-in in?
A target
A Walgreens
A Woolsworths
A deli
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
4 individuals that forced the issue of integration at Little Rock Central High School.
Orvall Faubus
9 students who made the high honor roll at Little Rock Central High in 1957
9 African American students that forced the issue of integration at Little Rock Central High School.
What were issues African American's faced while fighting for their civil rights? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
Discrimination
Intimidation
Segregation
Unequal Opportunities/Unfair circumstances
