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Civil Rights Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or false: Schools are still segregated today

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Thurgood Marshall's parents hoped that he would become a.......?

a)

Doctor

b)

Teacher

c)

Dentist

d)

Lawyer

3.

Who is famous for starting the bus boycott?

a)

Linda Brown

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Cesar Chavez

4.

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the Supreme Court ruled that it is illegal

a)

To allow children to work

b)

To segregate schools

c)

To allow kids to protest at schools

5.

What ended the JIm Crow laws?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Civil War

c)

Protests

d)

Segregation

6.

Jim Crow Laws were created to separate whites and Blacks.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Brown v. the Board of Education case upheld Plessy v. Ferguson.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which Amendment declares that no person can be deprived "of life, liberty, or property without due process of law”?

a)

14th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

23rd Amendment

9.

The 14th Amendment gave former slaves....

a)

citizenship in the U.S.

b)

citizenship for a specified time

c)

temporary rights

d)

rights in their state of birth

10.

The Fourteenth Amendment was initially put into place to protect what group of people?

a)

Former slave owners

b)

Freed slaves

c)

Members of Congress

d)

Former presidents

11.

The 14th Amendment includes TWO of the following:

a)

Ends slavery

b)

Due Process

c)

The right to vote

d)

Equal protection of the law

12.

The 15th Amendment gave women the right to vote

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which picture show how the Little Rock Nine were treated when they tried to attend school.

a)
b)
c)
14.

Who is this?

a)

Jo-Ann Robinson

b)

Claudette Colvin

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

15.

What areas were racially segregated?

a)

Schools

b)

Housing

c)

Public Transportation

d)

All of these answers