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Civil Rights

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Bringing separate groups together
a)
integration
b)
Looking at this will slow you down
c)
discrimination
d)
segregation
2.
These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High
a)
Elite Eight
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
Arkansas Seven
d)
Final Four
3.
Keeping things or people separate 
a)
integration
b)
discrimination
c)
DISTRACTION!
d)
segregation
4.
Hotels, restaurants, shops, public restrooms and drinking fountains are all examples of
a)
public accommodation
b)
miscegenation
5.
When one group is treated differently than another group
a)
segregation
b)
integration
c)
determination
d)
discrimination
6.
Who refused to give up a seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Tomochichi
7.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
8.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
9.
Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?
a)
on busses
b)
in schools
c)
at polling places
d)
at lunch counters
10.
The main goal of the freedom riders was to 
a)
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
b)
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
c)
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
d)
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
11.
Where did President Eisenhower send the 101st Airborne to enforce integration of a public high school?
a)
Little Rock, Arkansas
b)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
c)
Birmingham, Alabama
d)
Jackson, Mississippi
12.
What strategy did the NAACP adopt in its fight for civil rights?
a)
massive resistance
b)
attacking racism in the courts
c)
direct nonviolence
d)
sit-ins
13.
 What was the common goal of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides?
a)
to seek legal remedies to inequality
b)
to end segregation in all public areas
c)
to end segregation in public schools
d)
to force segregation to respond violently
14.
Who did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference elect as its first leader?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Thurgood Marshall
15.
The Selma March is also known as ____. 
a)
Bloody Sunday
b)
Black Sunday
c)
Bloody Tuesday
d)
Black Tuesday
16.
 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
March from  Selma to Montgomery
17.
How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?
a)
It gave free transportation to African Americans
b)
It segregated buses in America
c)
 It made Rosa Parks lots of money
d)
It helped de-segregate buses in America
18.
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution states
a)
all citizens are have the right to vote
b)
ends slavery
c)
separate but equal is unconstitutional
d)
outlaws grandfather clauses
19.
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution states
a)
all citizens have the right to vote
b)
gives the right to vote to women
c)
all people born in the US are US citizens 
d)
overturns Plessy v Ferguson
20.

What three methods of non-violent protest were used by MLK, Jr. during the Civil Rights movement?

a)

Marches, demonstrations, boycotts

b)

Rallies, Protests, and Boycotts

c)

Mob Protests with Torches and Pitch Forks

21.
What bill was passed as a result of the March on Washington and prohibits discrimination in public places and makes it illegal for employers to discriminate?
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1968
22.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
23.
Person who was killed on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony outside his hotel room at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee after trying to help black sanitation workers receive better working conditions    
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Robert Kennedy
24.
Black nationalist leader who for awhile was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in NYC by Nation of Islam members  
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
25.

Check all of the following reasons for a push for Civil Rights during this era

a)

WWII & Korean War had many minorities help fight for America

b)

The new presidents felt it was a time for change in America to be more modern

c)

Cold War, many communists tried to say it was capitalism that was racist

d)

Television, it gave people a living room seat to the unjust and violent acts against minorities

26.

Which Civil Rights leader also became the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Rosa Parks

27.

What was the significance of sending federal troops to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

a)

It showed that the government would enforce court decisions on integration.

b)

It was the first time martial law had been declared in the united states

c)

It proved that the federal government was weak.

d)

It showed that states' governments had full control over education.

28.

The important Civil Rights Act of 1964 calls for __________.

a)

the end of discrimination in public areas

b)

the integration of religious and state facilities

c)

Jim Crows to continue

d)

None of the above

29.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited ________.

a)

any barriers to voting such as literacy tests and poll taxes

b)

the government to conduct surveillance of polling sites

c)

voters from seeing early drafts of ballot cards

d)

poll workers from handing out reference materials to help voters read their ballots

30.
What was the purpose of the 24th amendment?
a)
It ended slavery
b)
It ended segregation based on race
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be chosen to serve on the Supreme Court.

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