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WorksheetsCivil Rights in the 1950s Spring Break Revision
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which was the first branch of federal government to intervene in civil rights for African Americans in the 1950s?
Congress
Supreme Court
President
Civil rights groups
In which year was the Brown vs Topeka verdict given?
1954
1955
1956
1957
What was the precedent which upheld segregation before the Brown vs Topeka case?
Roe vs Wade
Browder vs Gayle
Plessy vs Ferguson
Brown II
What precedent had been established by the Plessy vs Ferguson case to uphold segregation?
Who was the lawyer for the NAACP during the Brown case?
Earl Warrren
Thurgood Marshall
Linda Brown
E D Nixon
Name the Supreme Court justice who presided over the Brown vs Topeka verdict.
In which year was Emmett Till murdered?
1954
1955
1956
1959
Which of these was NOT an effect of the murder of Emmett Till?
A new civil rights group was created
There was an increase in awareness of treatment of African Americans
It inspired the African American community to protest more
There was huge anger that the murderers went free and later admitted to the murder
Who's refusal to move started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Who's idea was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King
Rosa Parks
E. D. Nixon
President Eisenhower
Which Supreme Court case ruled that bus segregation was illegal in Montgomery?
Browder vs Gayle
Brown vs Topeka
Plessy vs Ferguson
Roe vs Wade
In which year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott END?
1954
1955
1956
1959
Which branch of federal government was the SECOND to take action on civil rights?
President
Congress
Supreme Court
Which event forced the President to get involved and support civil rights campaigners?
The 1957 Civil Rights Act
Brown vs Topeka
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock
Which civil rights group was formed as part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
NAACP
MIA
CORE
SNCC
The 1957 Civil Rights Act (and the Second Civil Right Act of 1960) made small changes in which area?
Transport
Education
Segregation
Voting
Which event was an attempt to test the Brown vs Topeka ruling?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock
The Murder of Emmett Till
The 1957 Civil Rights Act
Which event demonstrated the role of Congress in civil rights for the first time?
Brown vs Topeka
Montgomery Bus Boycott
1957 Civil Rights Act
Little Rock
What was created by a group in Congress to try to fight against changes to civil rights?
Plessy vs Ferguson
Filibuster
White Citizens Councils
Southern Manifesto
In which year did the protest at Little Rock take place?
1954
1955
1956
1957
