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1950s Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Amendment made African Americans citizens and guaranteed equal protection under the law

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

2.

U.S. Supreme Court case established "separate but equal"

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

3.

Created to fight racial injustice and still around today.

a)

NAACP

b)

ACLU-CIO

c)

AOC

4.

Refused to give up her seat in protest to injustice.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Ketanji Brown Jackson

c)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

5.

Desegregated city buses.

a)

Davis v. School Board of Prince Edward County

b)

Montgomery Bus Boycotts

c)

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

6.

U.S. Supreme Court case desegregated public schools.

a)

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

7.

First African American U.S. Supreme Court justice

a)

Ketanji Brown Jackson

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Clarence Thomas

8.

African American students who first integrated Arkansas schools.

a)

Little Rock Nine

b)

Central Park Five

c)

Scottsboro Boys

9.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered as the leader of this

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Civil Liberties Union

c)

Black Lives Matter demonstrations

10.

Barbara Johns leading her classmates in a school-wide walkout lead to:

a)

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

b)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

11.

In 2022 this law makes it illegal as lynching to commit a hate crime that results in death or serious harm.

a)

Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act

b)

Ida B. Wells Anti-lynching Law

c)

NAACP anti-lynching protests

12.

In 2022 she became the first African American female U.S. Supreme Court justice.

a)

Barbara Johns

b)

Ketanji Brown Jackson

c)

Rosa Parks