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Martin Luther King Jr.

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: Civil Rights are freedoms that all citizens (people) are owed.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is the time period in U.S. history when Martin Luther King, Jr. and others fought for the equal rights of African Americans during the 1960s called?

a)

the Civil War

b)

the Dark Ages

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

The Segregation

3.

Segregation is...

a)

what allowed African Americans to be treated differently and unfairly.

b)

when African Americans were separated in public places due to their skin color.

c)

what Martin Luther King wanted.

d)

how our schools are today.

4.

When laws changed, segregation became illegal, and different races were joined together

a)

violent protests

b)

boycott

c)

Congress

d)

desegregation

5.

The process of ending segregation and bringing people of different races together was called...

a)

boycotting.

b)

protesting.

c)

integration.

d)

segregation.

6.

When citizens (people) stop buying or using something in order to make a change, it is called...

a)

a boycott.

b)

segregation.

c)

integration.

d)

a violent protest.

7.

A _____ is when workers stop working in order to achieve a goal.

a)

prize

b)

strike

c)

stop

d)

Congress

8.

True or False: Congress is what we call elected officials in the U.S. government who make our nation's laws.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: People in Montgomery used a train boycott to end segregation.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: African American sanitation workers stopped working to get fair treatment.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in _______.

a)

Birmingham, Alabama

b)

Athens, Georgia

c)

Atlanta, Georgia

d)

Montgomery, Alabama

12.

Martin Luther King, Jr was a ______ and ______.

a)

minister and civil rights leader

b)

teacher and civil rights leader

c)

minister and teacher

d)

banker and preacher

13.

Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted...

a)

separate schools for different people.

b)

people to walk to school and work.

c)

African Americans in the South to be treated fairly.

d)

African Americans to fight violently.

14.

Martin Luther King, Jr. played an important role in the _______.

a)

violent protests.

b)

Civil Rights Movement.

c)

segregation of schools.

d)

World War 1.

15.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was elected as ______ of the Montgomery Improvement Association.

a)

President

b)

First Chair

c)

helper

d)

Vice-president

16.

The Montgomery Improvement Association was responsible for the Montgomery _____ Boycott from 1955-1956.

a)

milk

b)

tea

c)

plane

d)

bus

17.

In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. won the ________ at the age of 35.

a)

Helper Prize

b)

American Music Award

c)

Nobel Peace Prize

d)

Grammy Award

18.

True or False: Martin Luther King, Jr. was the youngest man, second American, and the third black man to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

a)

True

b)

False