WorksheetsThe Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Emmett Till was
a civil rights leader
a teen who was murdered due to racism
the leader of the NAACP
a freedom rider
The woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man was:
Diane Nash
Ruby Bridges
Melba Pattillo
Rosa Parks
The purpose of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was to:
End bus segregation
integrate the schools
allow African Americans to eat in white esablisments
all of the answers
The leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was
ED Nixon
Medger Evers
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which of the following did NOT happen during the Birmingham campaign?
MLK Jr. was assassinated
MLK Jr was sent to jail
African Americans marched for equal rights
The treatment of African Americans caught national attention
The Greensboro Sit ins were:
when buses travelled from state to state to protest against segregation
Marches in Washington to gain voting rights
When African Americans refused to ride buses to protest segregation
When African Americans sat in a white only restaurant to protest segregation
The Freedom Riders faced the following:
mistreatment by the police
attacks by the KKK
jail time due to their protests
all of the answers
Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech during
The Birmingham campaign
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
Selma March
An example of backlash that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement was:
the assassinations of key Civil Rights leaders
the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The integration of schools
all of the above
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 states:
segregation in public places is banned
you cannot discriminate based on religion
discrimination is illegal
all of the answers
The Selma March took place because
They wanted the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to pass
They wanted a law protecting voting rights of African Americans passed
They wanted to desegregate busses
They wanted to desegregate schools
The Voting Rights Act of 1965:
banned segregation in public places
made it illegal to vote in the South
abolished voting discrimination
none of the answers
