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WorksheetsCh 21 Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
U.S. Supreme Court case that made segregation legal in the U.S. - created the "seperate but equal" principle.
Plessy V. Ferguson
Brown V. Board of Education
Hernanadez V. Texas
Miranda V. Arizona
Helped establish the precedent that "seperate but equal" education and other services was not equal at all -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Brown V. Board of Education
Sweatt V. Painter
Hernandez V. Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson's legacy to end poverty, reducing crime, abolishing inequality and improving the environment -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Great Society
Equal Pay Act
Title IX
Removed barriers to black enfranchisement in the South, banning poll taxes, literacy tests, and other measures that effectively prevented African Americans from voting -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1865
Votings Rights Act of 1982
Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ceaser Chavez
What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?
WAC
HUAC
NAACP
SNCC
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
What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?
Sit-in
Boycotts
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
True or False? The Montgomery Bus Boycott was effective because most people who rode the bus were black, and the bus company lost too much money once people boycotted.
True
False
What kind of marches did Martin Luther King Jr. lead?
large
mad
nonviolent
violent
The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?
Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north
to protest racial segregation throughout the south
to promote membership in the KKK
to gain support for the Vietnam war
Jim Crow
Civil Disobedience is associated with...
Violent protest
Nonviolent protest
How were the Black Panthers different Martin Luther King Jr?
They used non-violent protest
Use armed resistance if needed
What did Arkansas governor Orval Faubus challenge?
He challenged the Supreme Court decision on voting.
He challenged the authority to desegregate/integrate public schools.
I'm a savage, classy bougie ratchet
What is desegregation?
Races are separated.
Races are together.
The main goal of the NAACP was to....
win court cases guaranteeing “separate-but-equal” educational facilities for African American students
end the segregation of African Americans and white Americans through the judicial system
segregate public educational facilities in the South
segregate public transportation in southern cities
a protester is
a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue
a person who takes action to show the public they disagree
the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change
to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest
nonviolence means
a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue
a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change
to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest
boycott means
to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest
a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
a group of people working together towards a cause
a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
sit-in means
a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
lack of fairness
a group of people working together towards a cause
civil disobedience means
a part of the law that allowed racial segregation
the refusal to follow certain laws as a peaceful form of protest
the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race
not in agreement with the U.S. Constitution
unconstitutional means
a part of the law that allowed racial segregation
the enforced separation of different racial groups into separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations
not in agreement with the U.S. Constitution
the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race
“separate but equal” means
the enforced separation of different racial groups into separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations
the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race
bringing groups with different characteristics together in social groups or institutions
a part of the law that allowed racial segregation
Which of the following Organizations practiced Non-Violent Protests.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP)
Congress for Racial Equality
(CORE)
Nation of Islam
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC)
Malcom X differed from Dr. Martin Luther King over the use of .......
Use of
Non-Violent Protest
Legal Challenges to Segregation
Seperation of Powers between branches of Government
The number of speeches one could give in one day.
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
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
True or False: Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. initially believed that black people should separate from white society.
True
False
Which of the following best describes Malcolm X’s early approach to self-defense?
Protect yourself through non-violent means only.
Protect yourself through diplomacy and debate.
Protect yourself through targeted legal action.
Protect yourself by any means necessary
What happened to Malcolm X
Assassinated
Lived to a ripe old age and retired to Jamaica
Radical group in the 1960s who advocated armed self-defense and revolution to end black oppression. More militant than MLK and other civil rights leaders but also established daycare centers, medical clinics, etc.
NAACP
Congress of Racial Equality
Nation of Islam
Black Panthers
United Farm Workers
Leading civil rights organization; organized Freedom Rides and participated in Freedom Summer
NAACP
Congress of Racial Equality
Nation of Islam
Black Panthers
United Farm Workers
The nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization; used litigation to promoted equality for minorities
NAACP
Congress of Racial Equality
Nation of Islam
Black Panthers
United Farm Workers
Where did the Panthers focus their efforts?
Foreign policy
individual salaries
the community
individual families
