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WorksheetsCivil Rights Quiz (assessment)
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
Define segregation
to refuse to buy, use, or go to, in order to make a protest or bring about a change.
the practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups.
the process of bringing all parts together into a whole.
an objection or complaint
What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?
Guzman V. School
Brown V. Board of Education
Miranda V. Arizona
Plessy V. Ferguson
Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ceaser Chavez
What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?
Southern Peace Corps
NAACP
SNCC
Black Panthers
During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?
Tuskegee Airmen
Little Rock Nine
Atomic Bombs
Flying Tigers
What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment?
Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities
Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities
What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?
Sit-in
Boycotts
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
What was the purpose of the Sit-Ins?
to practice self-control
to relax
to peacefully protest segregated restaurants and force change
to encourage the government to step in and change the housing laws
What event is being described below:
A father sued city of Topeka, KS because his daughter, could not attend the school closest to their home since she was black.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Housen vs. Board of Education
September court case
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted ______________.
over 1 year
4 years and 7 months
6 months and 3 days
1 day
What's the formal name for breaking laws that were thought to be unjust in a peaceful way to get them changed?
"No go" protest
Rioting
Nontraditional protest
Civil Disobedience
True or False: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X both believed in non-violent protest as the way to get their equal rights.
TRUE
FALSE
Which Civil Rights icon was born in Omaha, Nebraska, changed his last name and believed that equality would only be reached through extreme measures (by any means necessary).
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
John F. Kennedy
John Lewis
What are THREE ways that African-Americans non-violently worked toward equality?
Boycotts
Sit-ins
Lynchings
Civil Disobedience
Riots & looting
