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WorksheetsMartin Luther King Jr.
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 37mins
True or False: Civil Rights are freedoms that all citizens (people) are owed.
True
False
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?
the Civil War
the Dark Ages
Civil Rights Movement
The Segregation
Segregation is...
what allowed African Americans to be treated differently and unfairly.
when African Americans were separated in public places due to their skin color.
what Martin Luther King wanted.
how our schools are today.
When laws changed, segregation became illegal, and different races were joined together
violent protests
boycott
Congress
desegregation
The process of ending segregation and bringing people of different races together was called...
boycotting.
protesting.
integration.
segregation.
When citizens (people) stop buying or using something in order to make a change, it is called...
a boycott.
segregation.
integration.
a violent protest.
A _____ is when workers stop working in order to achieve a goal.
prize
strike
stop
Congress
True or False: Congress is what we call elected officials in the U.S. government who make our nation's laws.
True
False
True or False: People in Montgomery used a train boycott to end segregation.
True
False
True or False: African American sanitation workers stopped working to get fair treatment.
True
False
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in _______.
Birmingham, Alabama
Athens, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Montgomery, Alabama
Martin Luther King, Jr was a ______ and ______.
minister and civil rights leader
teacher and civil rights leader
minister and teacher
banker and preacher
Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted...
separate schools for different people.
people to walk to school and work.
African Americans in the South to be treated fairly.
African Americans to fight violently.
Martin Luther King, Jr. played an important role in the _______.
violent protests.
Civil Rights Movement.
segregation of schools.
World War 1.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was elected as ______ of the Montgomery Improvement Association.
President
First Chair
helper
Vice-president
The Montgomery Improvement Association was responsible for the Montgomery _____ Boycott from 1955-1956.
milk
tea
plane
bus
In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. won the ________ at the age of 35.
Helper Prize
American Music Award
Nobel Peace Prize
Grammy Award
True or False: Martin Luther King, Jr. was the youngest man, second American, and the third black man to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
True
False
