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Civil Rights Important People and Places

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking a huge bus boycott?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Rosa Parks

e)

Robert Kennedy

2.

Who was the US president who signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act into law?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Rosa Parks

e)

Robert Kennedy

3.

Who was the civil rights leader who fought for equal rights for African Americans and encouraged peaceful protesting?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Rosa Parks

e)

Robert Kennedy

4.

Who was the senator and presidential candidate who supported civil rights, who was assassinated in 1968?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Rosa Parks

e)

Robert Kennedy

5.

Who was the lawyer who represented the Browns in the famous Brown vs. Board of Education case?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

e)

Thurgood Marshall

6.

Who was the Latin American civil rights activist who led a boycott to support the rights of migrant workers?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

e)

Thurgood Marshall

7.

Who was the US president who supported civil rights, who was assassinated in 1963?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

e)

Thurgood Marshall

8.

In which state was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Alabama

c)

Tennessee

d)

Texas

9.

In what city was the huge civil rights march where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech?

a)

New York, NY

b)

Montgomery, AL

c)

Washington DC

d)

Chicago, IL

10.

Which location is Montgomery, AL?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D