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Civil Rights Movement 2026

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plessy Vs. Ferguson established......

a)

Schools must be segregated

b)

Interstate Buses must be desegregated

c)

Separate but equal was constitutional

d)

Separate but equal was unconstitutional

2.

Name given to the laws that separated black and white facilities

a)

Joe Crow

b)

Jack Sparrow

c)

Jim Crow

d)

Jeb Bluejay

3.

African American teenager kidnapped and killed for whistling at a white woman

a)

Bob Dylan

b)

Emmett Till

c)

Malcom X

d)

Jim Crow

4.

Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas overturned which previous case and established that separate could not be equal

a)

McCullough vs. Georgia

b)

Plessey Vs. Ferguson

c)

Roe Vs. Wade

d)

Browder vs. Gayle

5.

Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat sparked this.

a)

The Selma March

b)

The March on Washington

c)

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

The Greensboro Sit-in

6.

This occurred at a Woolworth's lunch counter when four students protested segregation

a)

The Selma March

b)

The March on Washington

c)

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

The Greensboro Sit-in

7.

The passengers riding busses to test laws came to be known as

a)

The brave 13

b)

The freedom riders

c)

The little rock 9

d)

Bussin' for real

8.

Organized a march on Washington before MLK did

a)

A Philip Randolph

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Malcolm X

d)

John Carlos

9.

Was the only student in her class and was escorted to school by US Marshalls

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Betty Frieden

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

Barbara Henry

10.

Who wrote the Letter from a Birmingham Jail?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Stokely Carmichael

11.

Assassinated at a Memphis hotel

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Stokely Carmichael

12.

Preached black supremacy and keeping races separate as a leader of the Nation of Islam , but would change his views.

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Stokely Carmichael

13.

This group was protected at school by the 101st Airborne

a)

Little Rock 9

b)

Birmingham 7

c)

Selma 3

d)

Washington 6

14.

which program was NOT created as part of President Johnson's Great Society

a)

Federal funding for railroads

b)

Medicare and Medicaid

c)

Financial assistance for low income students

d)

Free college education for everyone

15.

Girl who refused to get up months before Rosa

a)

Frances Perkins

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Claudette Colvin

d)

Betty Friedan

16.

Project to register African American voters

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

Freedom Summer

c)

Votes-for-All

d)

Rock the Vote

17.

White supremacist terror organization that bombed black churches and homes

a)

KKK

b)

CORE

c)

SCLC

d)

SNCC

18.

MLK led a march from this town to Montgomery to protest for voting rights

a)

Mobile

b)

Atlanta

c)

Chicago

d)

Selma

19.

Nickname given to describe the first day of the Selma march where Marchers were attacked by police with tear gas, dogs and billy clubs

a)

Violent Monday

b)

Bloody Monday

c)

Bloody Sunday

d)

Wild Wednesday

20.

Changed his name because it had been given to his ancestors by the white man

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Stokely Carmichael

d)

Huey Newton

21.

What were Malcolm X's early views

a)

Black Supremacy and separating the races

b)

Peace for all

c)

Integration and acceptance

d)

He had no views

22.

What event caused Malcolm X to change his views on race and equality

a)

The death of his mother

b)

His pilgrimage to Mecca

c)

His conversion to the Nation of Islam

d)

The death of MLK

23.

Malcolm X's change in views...

a)

Got him put in Jail

b)

caused death threats and his eventual assaniation

c)

Caused the rise in his political career

d)

Caused him to shy away from public life

24.

Most destructive riot of The Long Hot Summer happened in this city

a)

Detroit

b)

New Orleans

c)

Watts

d)

Los Angeles

25.

The Kerner Commission found the reason for unrest in Black American communities was caused by

a)

frustration with the lack of opportunities

b)

Dislike of the federal government

c)

Misinformation campaigns

d)

There was no reason

26.

Killed MLK

a)

Jack Ruby

b)

James Earl Ray

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

The KKK

27.

the Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination based on

a)

race

b)

gender

c)

religion

d)

Race, gender, religion and family status

28.

How did John Carlos and Tommie Smith protest at the 1968 Olympics

a)

They refused to participate

b)

They did a sit-in

c)

they did the black power salute on the medal podium

d)

They assaulted an official

29.

This activist used nonviolent protests to help migrant farm workers

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Betty Friedan

c)

Dolores Huerta

d)

Medgar Evers

30.

Had a violent reputation because they carried weapons, but also provided much needed social services

a)

Black power

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Black Progressives

d)

Nation of Islam

31.

Created to preserve culture and language of Native Americans

a)

National Congress of American Indians

b)

National Senate of Native Americans

c)

Iroquois Confederacy

d)

Congress of Racial Equality

32.

Popularized the Black Power Movement

a)

Malcolm X

b)

MLK

c)

Huey Newton

d)

Stokely Carmichael

33.

This group occupied Wounded Knee for 71 days

a)

National Congress of American Indians

b)

American Indian Movement

c)

Black Panthers

d)

KKK

34.

This event helped spark the LGBTQ+ movement

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

March on Washington

c)

Death of MLK

d)

Stonewall Inn Riots

35.

The Feminine Mystique by this author was a prominent book in the feminist movement

a)

Sarah Grimke

b)

Angelina Grimke

c)

Betty Friedan

d)

Susan B. Anthony

36.

This requires schools to fund men's and women's sports equally

a)

Title IV

b)

Title X

c)

Title IX

d)

Title XI

37.

This woman argued that the Equal Rights Amendment would disrupt the American Family

a)

Betty Friedan

b)

Phyllis Schlafly

c)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

d)

Ellen Smith Howe

38.

When was the Equal Rights Amendment ratified by the states

a)

1983

b)

1968

c)

2001

d)

It never was

39.

This legislation requires public places to have accommodations such as ramps and elevators for people with disabilities

a)

Equal Rights Amendment

b)

Disabled In Action

c)

Title IX

d)

Americans with Disabilities Act

40.

Refusal to use a product, service or location as a protest

a)

Segregation

b)

Boycott

c)

Prejudice

d)

SNCC

41.

the act of protesting laws while not hurting other people or destroying property

a)

Boycott

b)

nonviolent civil disobedience

42.

His non-violent protests in India inspired MLK

a)

MLK

b)

Ghandi

c)

Malcolm X

43.

How does this illustration demonstrate the "separate but equal" idea?

a)

It shows that facilities were separate and equal

b)

It shows that those facilities were separate but NOT equal

c)

. It shows that separate facilities are provided and equal in the fact they both are drinking fountains

d)

It shows that the fountains are separate but equal in height

44.

Site of the event which would be the spark for the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement

a)

The Stonewall Inn

b)

The Selma Bridge

c)

The Detroit riot

d)

The city of Boston