WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement Quick Check
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
What was MLK's official occupation?
Attorney
Judge
Medical Doctor
Pastor
Whose non-violent methods of civil disobedience was MLK influenced by
George Washington
Rosa Parks
John Lewis
Mohandas Gandhi
In 1963, John Lewis moved to Atlanta to become the chairman of what organization?
SCLC
SNCC
NAACP
CCC
When John Lewis led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama; what was the goal of the protesters?
To integrate schools in the South
To extend voting rights to all people
To rally members of the SCLC
To boycott public transportation in Atlanta
Check all of the items that John Lewis was involved with
Sit-ins
Freedom Riders
SNCC
Brown v. Board of Education
The goal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was to end segregation by…
refusing to use segregated facilities.
using force against police.
arming civil rights activists.
using non-violent methods of protest.
Marched with MLK, civil rights leader, Head of SNCC, current state representative for Georgia’s 5th district
John Lewis
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Lester Maddox
Born in Georgia, civil rights leader, gave "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, leader of the SCLC
John Lewis
Herman Talmadge
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lester Maddox
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year to Dr. King's home town of _____________.
Albany
Montgomery
Birmingham
Atlanta
Which organization did MLK Jr. start?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
National Associations for the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Committee
Which civil rights organization played a major role in "sit-ins" and "freedom rides" and served as the main organization for high school and college-aged activists during the Civil Rights movement?
Montgomery Improvement Association
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Black Panthers
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What does SNCC stand for?
Southern Natives Communication Committee
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Students Not Computer Controllers
Southern Native Civil Commission
Civil Rights Movement, SCLC, voter registration drives, describes what person?
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Young
Lester Maddox
John Lewis
Who is the list describing?
-U.N. Ambassador
-Atlanta Mayor
-1st African American Congressman from GA since Reconstruction
-Top aid to Martin Luther King, Jr.
William Hartsfield
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lester Maddox
Andrew Young
As a mayor of Atlanta, who helped to EXPAND the Atlanta airport to make Atlanta a center for aviation in the South?
Ellis Arnall
William Hartsfield
Eugene Talmadge
Maynard Jackson
Which African American politician began as an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. and was the first African American Senator elected since Reconstruction?
Maynard Jackson
Benjamin Mays
Andrew Young
Lester Maddox
