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Civil Rights Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Sojourner get her son Peter back?

a)

She bought him

b)

She got lawyers

2.

Why Sojourner Truth selected her name?

a)

She liked the sound.

b)

She traveled far and long to tell the news of God's truth.

3.

What did Sojourner do?

a)

She would speak of truth and power to others

b)

She was part of the Underground railroad

4.

What was Sojourner Truth's real name?

a)

Alice Wilbert

b)

Isabella Baumfree

5.
African Americans were kept apart from other Americans in many public places, such as schools, hotels, and restaurants. This is called ______.
a)
a boycott
b)
civil rights
c)
a debate
d)
segregation
6.
Why didn't Thurgood attend the University of Maryland's Law school?
a)
It was too far from his home.
b)
He didn't want to go to law school.
c)
They didn't allow African Americans to attend.
d)
His father didn't want him to go there.
7.
Thurgood Marshall became _______.
a)
a president of the United States.
b)
a principal in a school who fought racism.
c)
the first African American on the Supreme Court.
d)
one of the authors of the constitution.
8.
Thurgood worked hard on the Supreme Court for 24 years. This showed ___________.
a)
diligence
b)
liberty
c)
respect for and acceptance of authority
d)
justice
9.
The basic freedoms that all citizens deserve to have are called __________.
a)
debate
b)
boycott
c)
authority
d)
civil rights
10.
Where did Marshall get his law degree?
a)
Harvard University
b)
Howard University
c)
Yale University
11.
Thurgood Marshall won the case known as ________ that ended school segregation!
a)
Brown vs. Black
b)
Brown vs. Board of Education
c)
Black vs. Board of Education
d)
White vs. Board of Education
12.
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American...
a)
police officer
b)
Supreme Court Justice
c)
baseball player
d)
president
13.

Helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB Dubois

14.

What Civil Rights leader was the author of The Souls of Black Folk?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

15.

A person or group who is treated unfairly because of age, gender, or skin color is called _____________.

a)

segregation

b)

discrimination

c)

protest

16.

____________means to disagree strongly.

a)

civil rights

b)

boycott

c)

protest

17.

______________ means to care for others.

a)

Compassion

b)

civility

c)

protest

18.

_____________means to use peaceful methods instead of force to bring about a change.

a)

Nonviolent

b)

Boycott

c)

Civility

19.

Refusing not to buy or use something is to __________.

a)

civility

b)

boycott

c)

compassion

20.

Treating people with respect when they treat you badly is called _____________________.

a)

nonviolent

b)

compassion

c)

civility

21.

_____________, ______________, and _______________ were nonviolent ways that Dr. King worked for equal rights.

a)

Making speeches, marching, sit-ins, and writing books

b)

Fighting back, marching, and sit-ins

c)

Making speeches, sit-ins, and being angry

22.

The _______________________ was a movement that used peaceful methods to end segregation in America and give African Americans equal rights.

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

civility

c)

segregation

23.

Why did people call Carver the “plant doctor”?

a)

He worked as a doctor.

b)

He loved to draw.

c)

He took care of sick plants and crops.

d)

He was always sick.

24.

Why did Carver have a tough time finding a college?

a)

His grades were not good enough.

b)

He lived too far away from a college.

c)

Very few schools accepted African Americans at the time.

d)

Colleges were only for women.

25.

How did Carver help farmers?

a)

He helped them move away from the south.

b)

He taught farmers how to protect and care for their soil.

c)

He discovered hundreds of uses for bananas.

d)

He grew rich from his inventions and quit teaching.

26.

When George Washington Carver was born, other people owned him.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

George Washington Carver helped come up with over 300 uses for peanuts including soap and glue.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Who is George Washington Carver?

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

a)
b)
c)
d)
30.

Who is W.E.B. DuBois?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

Who is Sojourner Truth?

a)
b)
c)
33.

Who is Sojourner Truth?

a)

b)

c)

34.

Who is Ruby Bridges?

a)
b)
c)
35.

Who is Harriet Tubman?

a)
b)
c)
d)

36.

Who was a conductor of the underground railroad?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

WEB DuBois

37.

What did Ruby Bridges do?

a)

was a preacher

b)

integrate an all white school

c)

start the Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

Give a famous speech

38.

Who is Harriet Tubman?

a)
b)
c)
d)

39.

What did Rosa Parks do?

a)

was a preacher

b)

integrate an all white school

c)

refused to give up her bus seat, got arrested, start the Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

Give a famous speech