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WorksheetsThe Civil Rights Movement - Exit Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is unconstitutional (illegal) to:
allow children to work long hours in factories
segregate schools based on people’s skin color
pay black people less than white people for similar work
return an escaped slave to his/her master
Define segregation
to refuse to buy, use, or go to, in order to make a protest or bring about a change.
the practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups.
the process of bringing all parts together into a whole.
an objection or complaint
Laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.
Racist
Prejudice
Discrimination
Jim Crow
A struggle for social justice during the 50s and 60s for African Americans to gain equal rights under the law was called?
Executive Order 9981
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil Rights Movement
March on Washington
What event did Rosa Parks spark when she was arrested?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Selma March
March on Washington
Brown v Board of Education
The main goal of the freedom riders was to
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
Which of the following conclusions is accurate about the United States during the 1960s?
Citizens were concerned with the environmental problems of the Dust Bow.
Ethnic and race relations were important issues.
Presidents were preoccupied with the impact of McCarthyism.
Tariffs and free trade issues were dominating the news.
The federal government responded to which issue in the nation when it passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Unfair lending practices by banks
Unequal representation in local legislatures
Inadequate medical services in urban areas
Discrimination by employers
Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?
The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter
The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army
The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. The Board of Education
Under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement is mostly characterized by
non-violent civil disobedience
violence and riots
economic prosperity
political corruption
What is being described below?
Equal rights in politics, society, and the economy.
Civil Disobedience
Civil Rights
Equality Policy
Rebellion
What event is being described below:
A father sued city of Topeka, KS because his daughter, could not attend the school closest to their home since she was black.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Roe vs. Wade
Scott vs. Sanford
