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WorksheetsCivil RIghts & Memphis
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Brown vs. The Board of Education
13th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Jim Crow Laws
The National Civil Rights Museum is where?
Louise Hotel Mississippi
Birmingham Hilton
Lorraine Motel Memphis
Peabody Hotel Memphis
Until 1964, a strategy often used to disenfranchise voters by charging a fee to vote in an election is called?
sum vote
poll tax
literacy tax
American voting law
In 1901, Tennessee could legally punish schools or colleges educating students in an integrated school. The fines could be?
Citation and loss of credentials
it wasn't enforced
$50.00 and imprisonment from 30-60 days
$10.00 and 10-15 days in jail
African American policemen are hired by the Memphis police department for the first time in the 20th century in what year?
1901
1928
1938
1948
In 1955, 12 men became the first African American firefighters in Memphis. These men were required to live in segregated quarters.
TRUE
FALSE
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?
"I Have a Dream"
"March Against Fear"
"I've Been to the Mountaintop"
"Give Us The Ballot"
In February of 1968, what Memphis union workers went on strike to demand better working conditions and higher pay?
Sanitation Workers
City Bus Drivers
City Teachers
Trolley Car Operators
The Civil War ended in 1865. What year was The Civil Rights Act, ending legalized segregation, enacted?
1895
(30 years later)
1925
(60 years later)
1945
(80 years later)
1964
(99 years later)
Government maps outlining areas where Black residents lived and were therefore deemed risky or undesirable investments is called?
Blue light districts
Redlining
Social Segregation
Jim Crow Maps
