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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group of people worked to integrate public schools?

a)

Women

b)

Native Americans

c)

African Americans

d)

European Americans

2.

What led civil rights activists to begin the bus boycott in Alabama?

a)

Rosa Parks's arrest after refusing to give up her bus seat

b)

Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech

c)

Bus fare was too expensive for most Americans

d)

Alabama did not have buses available for public use

3.

Why did many Americans move to the suburbs after World War II?

a)

Factories were closing because they were no longer needed to make war supplies.

b)

Houses were inexpensive, and new highways made travel easier.

c)

The government made people who had not helped with the war move away from the city.

d)

The suburbs were expensive and people wanted expensive things.

4.

What new government policy aided World War II veterans?

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps

b)

United Nations

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

Serviceman's Readjustment Act (GI Bill)

5.

What did the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education lead to in America?

a)

Integration of the military

b)

Integration of all public places

c)

Integration of public schools

d)

Segregation of public schools

6.

Who was NOT a leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Caesar Chavez

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Malcolm X

7.

Which of the following describes the course of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina?

a)

SC did not participate in the Civil Rights Movement.

b)

SC was much slower to integrate than other areas in the US.

c)

Integration happened quickly in SC.

d)

African Americans in SC did not want civil rights.