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Civil RIghts & Memphis

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

a)

Brown vs. The Board of Education

b)

13th Amendment

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Jim Crow Laws

2.

The National Civil Rights Museum is where?

a)

Louise Hotel Mississippi

b)

Birmingham Hilton

c)

Lorraine Motel Memphis

d)

Peabody Hotel Memphis

3.

Until 1964, a strategy often used to disenfranchise voters by charging a fee to vote in an election is called?

a)

sum vote

b)

poll tax

c)

literacy tax

d)

American voting law

4.

In 1901, Tennessee could legally punish schools or colleges educating students in an integrated school. The fines could be?

a)

Citation and loss of credentials

b)

it wasn't enforced

c)

$50.00 and imprisonment from 30-60 days

d)

$10.00 and 10-15 days in jail

5.

African American policemen are hired by the Memphis police department for the first time in the 20th century in what year?

a)

1901

b)

1928

c)

1938

d)

1948

6.

In 1955, 12 men became the first African American firefighters in Memphis. These men were required to live in segregated quarters.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

on April 3 ,1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Memphis and delivered what would be his final speech. What was the name of the speech?

a)

"I Have a Dream"

b)

"March Against Fear"

c)

"I've Been to the Mountaintop"

d)

"Give Us The Ballot"

8.

In February of 1968, what Memphis union workers went on strike to demand better working conditions and higher pay?

a)

Sanitation Workers

b)

City Bus Drivers

c)

City Teachers

d)

Trolley Car Operators

9.

The Civil War ended in 1865. What year was The Civil Rights Act, ending legalized segregation, enacted?

a)

1895

(30 years later)

b)

1925

(60 years later)

c)

1945

(80 years later)

d)

1964

(99 years later)

10.

Government maps outlining areas where Black residents lived and were therefore deemed risky or undesirable investments is called?

a)

Blue light districts

b)

Redlining

c)

Social Segregation

d)

Jim Crow Maps