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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896 established that laws segregating African Americans were permitted in the so-called...
a)
"de facto segregation" doctrine.
b)
"Southern segregation" doctrine.
c)
"separate but equal" doctrine.
d)
"constitutional segregation" doctrine.
2.
Which event led to the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama?
a)
a riot in Montgomery
b)
the CORE sit-in
c)
the arrest of Rosa Parks
d)
a church bombing
3.
Brown v. Education was a significant case because...
a)
it declared it illegal to prevent African Americans from voting.
b)
it declared it illegal to segregate to segregate restaurants.
c)
it declared it illegal to segregate public schools.
d)
it declared it illegal to discriminate in the selling of a house.
4.
"Bloody Sunday" occurred in reaction to which event?
a)
the Selma march
b)
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
the March on Washington
d)
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
5.
Which group worked to fight segregation and other inequalities primarily through the courts?
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
c)
SCLC
d)
AIM
6.
The route of the Freedom Riders went through...
a)
the Midwest.
b)
the South.
c)
New England.
d)
the West.
7.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through...
a)
violence and riots.
b)
the political system.
c)
education.
d)
nonviolent passive resistance.
8.
CORE successfully integrated many restaurants by using...
a)
protest marches.
b)
boycotts.
c)
sit-ins.
d)
threats.
9.
In Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent African American students from entering a white high school by...
a)
closing the school.
b)
redrawing the school district.
c)
hiring the Ku Klux Klan.
d)
deploying the National Guard.
10.
The organization founded by student civil rights activists was...
a)
SNCC.
b)
CORE.
c)
NAACP.
d)
SCLC.
11.
The purpose of the Selma march was to campaign for...
a)
job rights for African Americans.
b)
voting rights for African Americans.
c)
new desegregation laws.
d)
voting rights for women.
12.

What was the ruling for the Plessy Vs Ferguson case?

a)

`Black vs White´

b)

´Separate but Equal´

c)

´Equal Education for all´

d)

´End desegregation´

13.

What is a sit in?

a)

Sitting on a bus

b)

Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest

c)

Sitting on the floor rather than a chair

d)

Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter

14.

In which part of the shop did the sit-in take place?

a)

The toy section.

b)

The lunch counter.

c)

Baby clothes

d)

At the drinking fountain.

15.

Supreme Court outlawed segregation on public transportation as a result

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

March on Washington

c)

Highlander Folk School

d)

Clinton 12

16.

King gave his “I have a dream” speech

a)

Brown vs. Board of education

b)

March on Washington

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

Nashville Sit-ins

17.

During the Civil Rights movement sit-ins, boycotts, marches, and protest are all examples of

a)

Non violent Civil Disobedience

b)

The Black Power Movement

c)

Malcolm X's plan Ballot or Bullets Program

d)

March on Washington