WorksheetsAA Civil Rights
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which event was the earliest advancement of the civil rights movement?
Desegregation of the US military
Sending troops to Little Rock
Brown v Board of EDU
Voting Rights Act
Who has the power to desegregate the military?
President
Sumpreme Court
The Senate
House of Representatives
Why did President Truman desegregate the military?
continuation of New Deal programs that supported African Americans.
need to increase the number of soldiers in the armed forces.
because of the great service that African Americans performed during World War II.
need to regulate the operations of the defense industry.
What supreme court case overturned Plessy v Ferguson?
Brown v Board of EDU
Schenck v United States
Miranda v Arizona
Swann v Charlotte
The inability for African Americans and whites to use the same facilities was a result of what doctrine?
clear and present danger
habeaus corpus
judicial review
separate but equal
The NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, and the Black Panther Party all had what in common?
the organizations had similar goals, they utilized a wide variety of strategies to try to improve civil rights
the organizations had very different goals, they all pursued similar strategies to achieve civil rights.
There was no overlap in goals and strategies between civil rights groups.
All groups believed in strict adherence to the principles of civil disobedience.
What organization did MLK Jr. mostly associate himself with?
NAACP
CORE
SCLC
SNCC
How did Booker T Washignton and WEB Du Bois differ on their view of Civil Rights?
Du Bois pushed for separation of the races; Washington advocated for the immediate end of Jim Crow laws.
Du Bois advocated for acceptance and political equality; Washington pushed for gradual economic gains.
Du Bois believed in the slow and peaceful acquisition of rights; Washington supported militant action.
Du Bois pushed for African Americans to leave the nation to gain rights; Washington wanted complete integration of the races.
What was the purpose of poll taxes and literacy test?
to collect revenue to pay for poll workers
to stop corruption in state and local elections
to prevent certain groups from voting
to ensure that the most qualified candidates ran for offices
Who was the African American girl who was associated with start of Brown v Board of Education?
Ruby Bridges
Madam CJ Walker
Linda Brown
Which amendment was mostly violated during the civil rights movement?
13
14
15
24
Who was the first African American supreme court justice to ever be appointed by the president?
MLK Jr.
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
What president sent troops to Ole Miss and Alabama to protect African American students?
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
What is CORE?
(a)
CORE was a violent movement to end segregation
True
False
What is the SCLC
(a)
Who was the leader of the SCLC?
MLK Jr
George Lee
Which event kicked off the 1960's Civil Rights Movement?
The Tuskegee Airmen
The murder of Emmitt Till
Plessy v Ferguson
What is the SNCC
(a)
Which group was influential to the freedom rides in the south and shifted to black power?
SNCC
SCLC
CORE
NAACP
Which president was assassinated during his term due to his support of the Civil Rights movement?
FDR
Truman
Kennedy
Bush
