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Civil RIghts

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is the Role of war?

a)

Truman desegregated the military in 1948

b)

Fighting for rights

c)

Women fighing for their rights

d)

Just because they wanted to

2.

______ will challenge the ruling of Plessy v Ferguson and had been fighting this case for years along with other segregation cases

a)

NAACP

b)

role of court

3.

what happened in the Brown v Board of education?

a)

Landmark court case that officially desegregated schools

b)

using 15th amendment as the basis

4.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
5.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
6.
Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Brown vs. the Board of Education
d)
Roe Vs. Wade
7.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
8.

what happens in march?

a)

I have a dream speech

b)

MLK passing

9.

what was the Birmingham Campaign?

a)

publicly calling for civil rights legislation

b)

fighting for women voting rights

10.

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

Prohibited acts of discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin/ethnicity

b)

Desegregated public spaces such as hotels, parks, restaurants, and movie theaters 

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson played a pivotal role in getting the bill to pass