WorksheetsChapter 14 Civil Rights Movement Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
The policy of "separate but equal" was used to
increase the number of political parties.
justify the practice of legal racial segregation.
prevent the passage of unfair laws.
halt the creation of independent school districts.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?
denying the right to vote based on race or color
denying the right to vote based on gender
allowing people to vote multiple times
allowing people under the age of 21 to vote
What is the separation of people based on their skin color?
Segregation
Seperation
Keeping Apart
Division
What were the laws designed to keep white people and black people apart called?
Segregation Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Seperation Laws
Separate but Equal Laws
Which of the following were examples of places that were segregated during the Civil Rights Movement?
Buses
Restrooms/Water Fountains
Houses
All of the above
Which important Civil Rights figure refused to give up his/her spot on the bus after a long day of work?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
After Rosa Parks was arrested, who led the protest to boycott busses called the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
John F. Kennedy
What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?
He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.
He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.
He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.
He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.
The policy of "separate but equal" was used to
increase the number of political parties.
justify the practice of legal racial segregation.
prevent the passage of unfair laws.
halt the creation of independent school districts.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?
denying the right to vote based on race or color
denying the right to vote based on gender
allowing people to vote multiple times
allowing people under the age of 21 to vote
Why did the Freedom Riders ride interstate buses?
to get to sit-in at lunch counters in Nashville
to determine if the new Civil Rights Act was being followed in Alabama
to determine if illegal segregation was still occurring on interstate buses
to get to protest that were located in Alabama
How did the March on Washington impact the Civil Rights Movement?
It ended discrimination across the South.
It influenced Congress to pass civil rights legislation.
It forced the federal government to take away citizen's rights to protest.
It led to a decline in civil rights participation.
