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Civil Rights Review Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which court case ended the “separate but equal” doctrine in schools?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Powell v. Alabama

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

2.

Which amendment abolished slavery in the south.

a)

14

b)

13

c)

19

d)

15

3.

Black Codes gave African Americans the right to vote.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

what did the 14th amendment do?

a)

It gave citizenship to everyone born in America

b)

It abolished slavery in the south

c)

It gave African American men the right to vote.

d)

It gave women the right to vote

5.

Who was Dred Scott

a)

An African American man who refused to move out of his seat on a train.

b)

An African American man who sued for his freedom and got it

c)

An African American man who sued for his freedom and failed

d)

A runaway slave

6.

Harry Truman was responsible for the integration of the armed forces

a)

False

b)

True

7.

The NAACP was an organization founded in the early 1900s, which was designed to assist

(a)  

8.

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

Sit-in

c)

Boycott

d)

Selma March

9.

What are Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal

b)

Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people

10.

Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?

(a)  

11.

This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender, or religion.

a)

Voting Rights Act

b)

15th Amendment

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

Civil Rights Act

12.

Which court case legalized segregation through its "separate but equal" ruling?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Sweatt v. Painter

13.

In the 1954 trial of Brown v. Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that

a)

private schools should be controlled by the federal government

b)

issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.

c)

racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional

d)

the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued

14.

Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?

a)

on busses

b)

lunch counters

c)

In schools

d)

at polling places

15.

Which protest would Martin Luther king oppose.

a)

Sit-ins

b)

Bus Boycott

c)

Race Riot

d)

March on Washington.

16.

To separate one group from another is

(a)  

17.

What did President Truman order in 1947?

a)

The desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces

b)

The bombing of Japan.

c)

First U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor's appointment

d)

Non-Violent Freedom Riders attacks

18.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 differed from earlier attempts to address minority rights by focused on

a)

desegregated schools

b)

reforming immigration policies

c)

ending discrimination in the workplace

d)

protecting the voting rights of minorities

19.

Political leaders such as George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox were commited to the idea of

a)

Women's Rights

b)

Rights of the Farm Workers

c)

School Integration

d)

Racial Segregation

20.

In which way were Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King, Jr. effective leaders?

a)

They wrote inspirational novels

b)

They made decisions very quickly

c)

They were able to influence others with ideas

d)

They used the legal system to bring about change.