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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott gave African Americans the freedom to bomb city buses in order to stop discrimination.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

MLK Jr. believed that passive resistance would eventually win the Civil Rights Movement.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act + the Voting Rights Act.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave all African Americans the Right to vote.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Brown v Board of Education

a)

Court case that ended school segregations throughout the south

b)

banned literacy tests as a condition for voting

c)

banned segregation in all public places

d)

laws that enacted segregation throughout the south

6.

Voting Rights Act

a)

Court case that ended school segregations throughout the south

b)

banned literacy tests as a condition for voting

c)

banned segregation in all public places

d)

laws that enacted segregation throughout the south

7.

Civil Rights Act

a)

Court case that ended school segregations throughout the south

b)

banned literacy tests as a condition for voting

c)

banned segregation in all public places

d)

laws that enacted segregation throughout the south

8.

Jim Crow Laws

a)

Court case that ended school segregations throughout the south

b)

banned literacy tests as a condition for voting

c)

banned segregation in all public places

d)

laws that enacted segregation throughout the south

9.

Thurgood Marshall

a)

Pass in 1965

b)

Lawyer who won the Brown v Board of Education case

c)

Signed the Civil Rights Act + the Voting Right Act into law

d)

Banned pall taxes as a condition for voting

10.

Lyndon B. Johnson

a)

Pass in 1965

b)

Lawyer who won the Brown v Board of Education case

c)

Signed the Civil Rights Act + the Voting Right Act into law

d)

Banned pall taxes as a condition for voting

11.

24th Amendment

a)

Pass in 1965

b)

Lawyer who won the Brown v Board of Education case

c)

Signed the Civil Rights Act + the Voting Right Act into law

d)

Banned pall taxes as a condition for voting

12.

Which title best completes the graphic organizer?

a)

Civil Rights and the Seventies

b)

Fighting for Segregation

c)

History of the Civil Rights Movement

d)

Peaceful Protests

13.
a)

Brown v Board of Education

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

March on Washington

d)

Lunch Counter Sit-ins

14.

What was an effect of Sara Mae Flemming Brown on the Civil Right Movement?

a)

Her case was heard at the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, which struck down segregation on city buses.

b)

She was more well known that Rosa Parks

c)

She sued SCE&G

d)

She didn't impact the Civil Rights Movement

15.

What is an achievement of Stokley Carmichael

a)

Increasing the number of African-American voters from 0-5,000

b)

Decreasing the number of African-American voters

c)

Increasing the number of African-American voters from 70-2,600

d)

Leading the March on Washington

16.

What is another name for the Friendship 9?

a)

Little Rock 9

b)

9 Friendly Fellows

c)

Rock Hill Friendship

d)

Rock Hill 9

17.

What was Strom Thurmond's impact on the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

He voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act + the Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

He voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act + the Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

He had no impact on the Civil Rights Movement

d)

He was a United States Senator

18.

About how many people attended the March on Washington?

a)

2,500

b)

25,000

c)

250,000

d)

2,500,000

19.

When was Dr. King assassinated

a)

April 4, 1968

b)

August 14, 1990

c)

November 22, 1963

d)

June 6, 1968

20.

When was President John F. Kennedy assassinated

a)

April 4, 1968

b)

August 14, 1990

c)

November 22, 1963

d)

June 6, 1968

21.

When was Robert Kennedy assassinated?

a)

April 4, 1968

b)

August 14, 1990

c)

November 22, 1963

d)

June 6, 1968