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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?

a)

He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.

b)

He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.

c)

He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.

d)

He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.

2.
What protest would Martin Luther King have opposed?
a)
Sit-In
b)
Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)

Attacks on white homes

3.
What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
a)
Segregation in public schools became illegal
b)
African-Americans began playing profession sports
c)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
d)
MLK led a March on Washington
4.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting
b)
Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting
c)
African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
d)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat
5.
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
6.
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.
7.
Which group worked to fight segregation and other inequalities primarily through the courts?
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
c)
SCLC
d)
AIM
8.
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.
9.
The Southern Manifesto encouraged white Southerners to...
a)
defy the Supreme Court.
b)
embrace desegregation.
c)
march against civil rights.
d)
obey local law enforcement.
10.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. drew on the philosophy and techniques of...
a)
John F. Kennedy.
b)
Frederick Douglass.
c)
Thurgood Marshall.
d)
Mohandas Gandhi.
11.
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.
12.
The organization founded by student civil rights activists was...
a)
SNCC.
b)
CORE.
c)
NAACP.
d)
SCLC.
13.
In what city did brutal violence against demonstrators lead to Dr. King being jailed?
a)
Selma, Alabama
b)
Memphis, Tennessee
c)
Birmingham, Alabama
d)
Montgomery, Alabama
14.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
15.
1865 - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendent
c)
15th Amendment
16.

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

a)

Texas vs. Johnson

b)

Tinker vs. DesMoines

c)

Brown vs. Board of Education

d)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

17.

The decision of Brown v. Board of Education was based on the 14th amendment. Which of the following is a phrase from this amendment?

a)

Freedom of speech

b)

Right to a jury

c)

No slavery allowed

d)

Equal protection for all

18.

Segregation that exists by custom and practice, not by law.

a)

de jure segregation

b)

de facto segregation

c)

white flight

19.

Which definition describes racism?

a)

A belief that national interests an culture are superior to others

b)

Policy or attitude against age groups

c)

Prejudice or discrimination based on race

d)

Prejudice or discrimination based on gender

20.

What is the word that describes a type of peaceful protest in which people stop buying or doing something?

a)

Sit-in

b)

March

c)

Boycott

d)

Picket line