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WorksheetsCivil Rights Review Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which court case ended the “separate but equal” doctrine in schools?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Powell v. Alabama
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Which amendment abolished slavery in the south.
14
13
19
15
Black Codes gave African Americans the right to vote.
True
False
what did the 14th amendment do?
It gave citizenship to everyone born in America
It abolished slavery in the south
It gave African American men the right to vote.
It gave women the right to vote
Who was Dred Scott
An African American man who refused to move out of his seat on a train.
An African American man who sued for his freedom and got it
An African American man who sued for his freedom and failed
A runaway slave
Harry Truman was responsible for the integration of the armed forces
False
True
The NAACP was an organization founded in the early 1900s, which was designed to assist
(a)
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
Freedom Rides
Sit-in
Boycott
Selma March
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal
Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
(a)
This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender, or religion.
Voting Rights Act
15th Amendment
Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Act
Which court case legalized segregation through its "separate but equal" ruling?
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Sweatt v. Painter
In the 1954 trial of Brown v. Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?
on busses
lunch counters
In schools
at polling places
Which protest would Martin Luther king oppose.
Sit-ins
Bus Boycott
Race Riot
March on Washington.
To separate one group from another is
(a)
What did President Truman order in 1947?
The desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces
The bombing of Japan.
First U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor's appointment
Non-Violent Freedom Riders attacks
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 differed from earlier attempts to address minority rights by focused on
desegregated schools
reforming immigration policies
ending discrimination in the workplace
protecting the voting rights of minorities
Political leaders such as George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox were commited to the idea of
Women's Rights
Rights of the Farm Workers
School Integration
Racial Segregation
In which way were Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King, Jr. effective leaders?
They wrote inspirational novels
They made decisions very quickly
They were able to influence others with ideas
They used the legal system to bring about change.
