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Civil Rights Era

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the civil rights era?

a)

A time during the civil rights

b)

A War

c)

A movement for social justice

d)

A speech

2.

Who led the civil rights movement?

a)

Mrs Daniels

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Harry Truman

3.

When did the movement start?

a)

1999

b)

1954

c)

1965

d)

1995

4.

When did the movement end ?

a)

1999

b)

2000

c)

1989

d)

1968

5.

in, 1890 which was the first state to grant women to right to vote?

a)

Wyoming

b)

California

c)

Ohio

d)

Washington DC

6.

What amendment grants everyone equal rights?

a)

15th amendment

b)

17th amendment

c)

14th amendment

d)

19th amendment

7.

Was the civil rights movement about race?

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

When was slavery abolished in the US?

a)

1999

b)

2000

c)

1865

d)

1800

9.

What were Jim crow laws?

a)

Some laws people followed

b)

Mandated racial segregation

c)

Laws against people

d)

law keeping people out

10.

Who refused to give up there seat to a white man on a bus?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Gina Daniels

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Jim Crow

11.

When did segregation in the US army end?

a)

1948

b)

2001

c)

1949

d)

1888

12.

When was martin luther king jr killed?

a)

1968

b)

1983

c)

2000

d)

1899

13.

When were all black people aloud to vote ?

a)

1876

b)

1965

c)

1964

d)

1999

14.

A civil rights leader arrested for standing there ground on a bus.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Malcom x

d)

Mrs Daniels

15.

Who believed in peaceful protest?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB dubois

d)

Malcolm X

16.

What president is responsible for degrading armed forces?

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Franklin D Roosevelt

c)

Harry S Truman

d)

Donald Trump

17.

New laws that required all public facilities to be integrated and prohibited discrimination in business and school?

a)

Albany movement

b)

Governors race

c)

Treaty of versailles

d)

Civil rights act

18.

What was an effect of Rosa Parks refusal on the bus?

a)

The freedom rides

b)

The Greensboro sit in

c)

The Bus Boycott

d)

Orangeburg massacre

19.

Why where voting rights important to the civil rights movement?

a)

So African Americans could get voted into Legislative

b)

To Stop War

c)

end all protest

d)

To keep peace between colored people and keep things how they are

20.

What was the main way of protest during those times?

a)

Sit Ins

b)

Boycott

c)

Marches

d)

None