WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?
He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.
He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.
He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.
He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.
Attacks on white homes
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
Texas vs. Johnson
Tinker vs. DesMoines
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The decision of Brown v. Board of Education was based on the 14th amendment. Which of the following is a phrase from this amendment?
Freedom of speech
Right to a jury
No slavery allowed
Equal protection for all
Segregation that exists by custom and practice, not by law.
de jure segregation
de facto segregation
white flight
Which definition describes racism?
A belief that national interests an culture are superior to others
Policy or attitude against age groups
Prejudice or discrimination based on race
Prejudice or discrimination based on gender
What is the word that describes a type of peaceful protest in which people stop buying or doing something?
Sit-in
March
Boycott
Picket line
