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A Changing Nation

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did it mean to have segregated schools in the South?

a)

a. Schools became run-down due to lack of tax revenue.

b)

b. Children could attend whichever school they wanted.

c)

c. Parents attended school with the children.

d)

d. Attendance was based on the color of the child’s skin.

2.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was organized after _____________ refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger.

a)

a. Ruby Bridges

b)

b. Coretta Scott King

c)

c. Rosa Parks

d)

d. Gloria Ray Karlmark

3.

In what year did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous “I Have a Dream” speech?

a)

a. 1955

b)

b. 1957

c)

c. 1960

d)

d. 1963

4.

In which state did the Little Rock Nine attend school?

a)

a. Arkansas

b)

b. Mississippi

c)

c. Alabama

d)

d. Louisiana

5.

In what year did Oliver Brown file a lawsuit against the Topeka Board of Education?

a)

a. 1951

b)

b. 1952

c)

c. 1953

d)

d. 1954

6.

At which Washington D.C. landmark did Dr. King deliver his famous “I Have a Dream” speech?

a)

a. Washington Monument

b)

b. Lincoln Memorial

c)

c. The White House

d)

d. The Capitol Building

7.

César Chávez was born in which state before moving to California?

a)

a. New Mexico

b)

b. Arizona

c)

c. Utah

d)

d. Nevada

8.

. ____________ helped make people across the nation aware of the needs of the farm workers and bring important changes to the farm industry.

a)

a. Strikes

b)

b. The Great Depression

c)

c. Schools

d)

d. Migrant workers

9.

In the early 1960s, about what percent of American families lived in poverty?

a)

a. 10 percent

b)

b. 20 percent

c)

c. 30 percent

d)

d. 40 percent

10.

Rather than face impeachment, Nixon chose to ___________________.

a)

a. flee the country

b)

b. plead insanity

c)

c. resign as president

d)

d. run for reelection

11.

What can you do if you see someone being unkind or treating others disrespectfully?

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