WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement Assessment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High
Detroit Dozen
Little Rock Nine
Arkansas Seven
Chicago Five
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
to segregate schools.
to integrate schools.
to pay African Americans more money.
to pay African Americans less money.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
Sweatt v. Painter
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
McLaurin v. Oklahoma
True or False: Martin Luther King Jr believed in non violent protests.
True
False
True or False: Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist before refusing to give up her bus seat.
True
False
In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke of his dream that the United States would reach a time "... when all God's children, black men and white neb,... will be able to join hands..." This speech expressed his desire to--
unite all churches into one religious faith
replace racial segregation with an integrated society
create a separate nation for African Americans within the United States
establish religious freedom for Americans
Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the 14th Amendment applied to all racial and ethnic groups facing discrimination -
Brown v. Board of Education
Sweatt V. Painter
Plessy V. Ferguson
Hernandez V. Texas
What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?
Economic instability, unemployment, breadlines, bank closures, poverty
OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA
Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.
Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism
What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?
Great Migration
NAACP
Prohibition
Harlem Renaissance
What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?
SNCC
Black Panthers
NAACP
Southern Peace Corps
What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?
Mass Support Demonstrations, Malcolm X, United Farm Workers
Little Rock Nine, Arkansas National Guard, States v Federal
Black Panthers, SNL, MLK Jr
March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Montgomery Bus Boycott
Which leader is most closely associated with the approach to reform illustrated in this photograph?
Malcolm X of the Black Muslims
Huey Newton of the Black Panthers
Booker T Washington of the Tuskegee Institute
Martin Luther King Jr of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Which of the following was a result of the Civil Rights Movement?
The federal government rebuilt the nation's ghettos.
De facto segregation ended in the North
Racism in the South came to an end.
Thousands of African Americans could vote for the first time.
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1964.
-Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965.
What issues are the above quotes referring to? (Choose ALL that apply.)
Frustration with government policies
Support of US military intervention in foreign nationals
Rights of citizens to protest unjust treatement
Anger at accepted societal norms in relation to race
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1964.
-Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965.
What accounts for the differing opinions found in the quotes above?
Education level of the speakers
Financial security of the speakers
Different background and experiences of the speakers
Different leadership ability of the speakers
True or False: De Jure Segregation is segregation by unwritten custom or tradition, was a fact of life.
True
False
“Jackie Robinson Breaks Color Barrier in Major League Baseball”
“President Truman Issues Executive Order Desegregating Armed Forces”
“NAACP Challenges School Segregation”
These headlines are most closely associated with:
A decline in African American participation in political activities.
The beginning of the modern civil rights movement.
Southern resistance to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The effects of affirmative action programs.
“… In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men was well as white men, would be guaranteed the ‘unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.’ It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’”…
--Martin Luther King Jr., August 28, 1963
The focus of this passage from Dr. King's speech was his belief that:
equal rights for all were guaranteed by the founders of this nation.
Americans had become blind to racial differences.
Violence was often necessary for the protection of civil liberties.
Civil rights for African Americans would always be a dream.
Arkansas Democratic Governor who became the national symbol of racial segregation when he used Arkansas National Guard to block the integration of Little Rock High School.
Billy Graham
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Orval Faubus
Jim Crow
State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Affirmative Action Laws
Integration Laws
Civil Disobedience Laws
Jim Crow Laws
