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WorksheetsEarly CR
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 23mins
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
Texas vs. Johnson
Tinker vs. DesMoines
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?
Keep public facilities cleaner
keep African-Americans as second-class citizens
keep the races pure
keep African-Americans from voting
Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.
Literacy Tests
Voting tests
Government Tests
Poll tests
What areas were racially segregated?
Schools
Housing
Public Transportation
All of these answers
Which amendment granted African American males ( no females) the right to vote?
15th
19th
1st
14th
Which word means "The Right To Vote"
Democracy
Elections
Suffrage
Rights
Where Were Jim Crow Laws Mainly Used?
Eastern Shore
South
North
How did the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson relate to the 14th amendment?
It said that separate but equal was unfair
It created laws that separated blacks and whites.
It created laws that desegregated blacks and whites forever
It created laws to unify America
Jim Crow laws
Segregated blacks and whites
Killed minorities
Resulted in slavery
Were ended after the Civil War
This was the Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in America
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Garrett v. NFL
Forcing a person to pay a fee to vote is called a
Poll tax
Lynching
Literacy Test
Grandfather clause
A political murder of an African American to intimidate called a
Grandfather Clause
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Lynching
This Black leader was born in the north and was the first African American to graduate with a Ph.D from Harvard University
Malcolm X
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson said that whites and blacks could be segregated if accommodations were
Hot and Cold
Even and uneven
Separate but equal
Fair and equal
True or False: It was illegal for black and whites to get married during the Jim Crow era?
True
False
True or False: restaurants in the south had to build a wall separating whites in blacks if they were eating in the same room during the Jim Crow era?
True
False
True or False: black students and white students could go to school together in southern states during the Jim Crow Era?
True
False
True or False: it was illegal for school textbooks to be used by white and black students during the Jim Crow era
True
False
Forcing a person to read a paragraph before they were allowed to vote is called a
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Grandfather Clause
Lynching
True or False: It was illegal for black and whites to get married during the Jim Crow era?
True
False
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
College students used _____ to protest against segregation in diners and at lunch counters.
sit-ins
freedom rides
speeches
death threats
Segregation is ...
separate facilities for minority groups
racial segregation separated african americans and whites
separate but equal, were usually not equal
all of the above
Integration is ...
desegregation (opposite of segregation)
creating equal opportunities
combining african americans and whites
all of the above
Protesters rode buses to protest segregation in train/bus stations, the bus trips were called:
segregation
freedom riders
boycott
integration rides
What caused the abuses of Jim Crow laws to be known by everyone?
the bus boycott
the march on Washington
television
radio
Name the civil rights leader who was Islamic and believed white Americans would never support equal rights.
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Booker T. Washington
What did the civil rights movement accomplish?
It immediately improved rights for women.
It improved rights and opportunities for African Americans.
It improved the rights for Japanese Americans.
It gave all African American men jobs.
How did television help the civil rights movement?
It brought entertainment to those who were being punished.
It distracted those who were part of the civil rights.
It gave African Americans performance opportunities.
Average Americans were able to see the violence and protests.
The Civil Rights Act declared that ...
discrimination could not be based on someone's effort
discrimination could not be based on race, color, or origin
discrimination based on ability to perform a job was illegal
discrimination could not be based on gender
How did Martin Luther King, Jr. accomplish his goals?
civil disobedience and nonviolence
civil disobedience and violence
aggressive and violent protests
segregation and violent actions
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X differed in their:
willingness to speak publicly
Opposition to segregation
Desire to help African Americans
Methods of Protest
In prison, Malcolm X ______ the Nation of Islam
Joined
Founded
Criticized
Left
The Nation of Islam is to black nationalism as Martin Luther King, Jr. is to
The Civil Rights Movement
The Black Supremacy
Nonviolent Protest
White Supremacy
The "X" in Malcolm X represents his rejection of:
His childhood
The Legacy of Slavery
Religion
Friends and Family
According to Malcolm X, mainstream civil rights leaders were:
Too aggressive
Not politically engaged enough
Corrupt
Too optimistic
On his pilgrimage to Mecca, what did Malcom X see that changed his perspective on race relations?
People of all races worshipping together
Black people in position of power
White people being oppressed
Discrimination against Arabs
Malcolm X spoke out for African Americans' __________ during the Civil Rights era.
Optimism
Confidence
Apathy
Frustration
What did the Black Panthers NOT do?
Organise free breakfast clubs
Organise free medical clinics
Patrol the streets
Organise sit-ins
Who set up Black Power?
Malcolm X
Bobby Seale
Tommie Smith
Stokely Carmichael
Which can we infer about the Black Panthers?
They reacted to oppression and racial injustices
They were militant and only sought to cause harm
They only used non-violence
They were created by MLK jr.
What was the signature clothing style that characterized the Panthers?
red jacket, white beret
Black leather jacket, black beret
brown jacket, brown beret
olive green jacket, green beret
Where did the Panthers focus their efforts?
Foreign policy
individual salaries
the community
individual families
Thurgood Marshall was famously known for...
Being a speaker and nonviolent activist during the civil rights era
Sitting on a diner counter seat until being served in a whites only restaurant
the NAACP's top lawyer who worked on many cases to help right civil rights laws
During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?
Tuskegee Airmen
Little Rock Nine
Atomic Bombs
Flying Tigers
In 1961, the Freedom Riders rode buses to?
demonstrate against air pollution
protest American involvement in Vietnam
demonstrate in support of equal rights for women
test segregation laws in the South
In addition to boycotts, marches, and freedom rides, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) helped
organize sit-ins at lunch counters across the South.
promote removing the poll taxes
promote removing literacy tests
Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party are associated with ________.
civil disobedience
militancy ("by any means necessary")
cooperation
political lobbying
How did the event in this headline impact the Civil Rights movement?
The focus of the movement shifted to the struggle of migrant workers.
The movement lost credibility with the American public.
The focus of the movement shifted to protesting U.S. involvement in foreign wars.
The movement lost an important national leader.
What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?
To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens.
To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation.
To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation.
To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures.
President Eisenhower exercised his federal authority in an effort to —
Ensure the safety of protesters at lunch counter sit-ins.
End the violence directed against the Freedom Riders.
Enforce a ruling to desegregate public schools.
Protect citizens from rioting spurred by Ku Klux Klan rallies.
