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The Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Emmett Till was

a)

a civil rights leader

b)

a teen who was murdered due to racism

c)

the leader of the NAACP

d)

a freedom rider

2.

The woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man was:

a)

Diane Nash

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Melba Pattillo

d)

Rosa Parks

3.

The purpose of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was to:

a)

End bus segregation

b)

integrate the schools

c)

allow African Americans to eat in white esablisments

d)

all of the answers

4.

The leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was

a)

ED Nixon

b)

Medger Evers

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

5.

Which of the following did NOT happen during the Birmingham campaign?

a)

MLK Jr. was assassinated

b)

MLK Jr was sent to jail

c)

African Americans marched for equal rights

d)

The treatment of African Americans caught national attention

6.

The Greensboro Sit ins were:

a)

when buses travelled from state to state to protest against segregation

b)

Marches in Washington to gain voting rights

c)

When African Americans refused to ride buses to protest segregation

d)

When African Americans sat in a white only restaurant to protest segregation

7.

The Freedom Riders faced the following:

a)

mistreatment by the police

b)

attacks by the KKK

c)

jail time due to their protests

d)

all of the answers

8.

Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech during

a)

The Birmingham campaign

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

March on Washington

d)

Selma March

9.

An example of backlash that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement was:

a)

the assassinations of key Civil Rights leaders

b)

the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

The integration of schools

d)

all of the above

10.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 states:

a)

segregation in public places is banned

b)

you cannot discriminate based on religion

c)

discrimination is illegal

d)

all of the answers

11.

The Selma March took place because

a)

They wanted the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to pass

b)

They wanted a law protecting voting rights of African Americans passed

c)

They wanted to desegregate busses

d)

They wanted to desegregate schools

12.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965:

a)

banned segregation in public places

b)

made it illegal to vote in the South

c)

abolished voting discrimination

d)

none of the answers