WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
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 organization did W.E.B. Du Bois found?
The Back to Africa Movement
Tuskegee Institute
NAACP
Access for all movement
What kind of marches did Martin Luther King Jr. lead?
large
mad
nonviolent
violent
Jim Crow
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?
denying the right to vote based on race or color
denying the right to vote based on gender
allowing people to vote multiple times
allowing people under the age of 21 to vote
What were the laws designed to keep white people and black people apart called?
Segregation Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Seperation Laws
Separate but Equal Laws
A group of blacks and whites who rode a bus from Mississippi to Washington, D.C. to protest segregation were called the . . .
Freedom Fighters
Freedom Riders
Freedom Keepers
Freedom Starters
A major goal of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was to
end racial segregation
reduce prejudice against immigrants
reform prison conditions
improve living conditions for Native Americans
In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent troops to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Which Supreme Court decision was he enforcing?
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
Which of the following were examples of places that were segregated during the Civil Rights Movement?
Busses
Restrooms/Water Fountains
Houses
All of the above
Which statement accurately describes the trend of African American voter registration in the map?
The Voting Rights Act had little impact on voter registration in the South
Fewer African Americans registered to vote
Passage of the Voting Rights Act ended racial discrimination in the South
Voter registration increased in the South
