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Fighting for a cause

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Are civil rights are those rights promised by the government to all people, such as the right to vote?

a)

yes

b)

no

2.

Before the civil rights movement, was discrimination against certain groups of people common?

a)

yes

b)

no

3.

Are fighting and breaking windows examples of nonviolence?

a)

yes

b)

no

4.

Is suffrage when you have to eat something you don't like?

a)

yes

b)

no

5.

Is the First Lady the wife of the president?

a)

yes

b)

no

6.

Are human rights those that belong to all people, even if they aren't promised by the government, such as the right to food, shelter, an education, and a job?

a)

yes

b)

no

7.

Boycotts are when you refuse to go to a business as a sign of protest.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Segregation is when everyone is allowed to be a part of something.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Sit-ins were peaceful protests. They involved people occupying or sitting at place to show everyone they were upset about some unfair treatment.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Did migrant workers tend to stay in the same town from season to season?

a)

yes

b)

no

11.

Did Eleanor Roosevelt believe that her role in writing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was one of her greatest accomplishments?

a)

yes

b)

no

12.

Does courage mean showing bravery especially when its difficult and you're afraid?

a)

yes

b)

no

13.

Are parents usually proud of their children when they do their worst work in school?

a)

yes

b)

no

14.

Was Martin Luther King Jr. extraordinary in his strength and willingness to fight for civil rights for all people?

a)

yes

b)

no

15.

Were there obstacles in the way of Susan B. Anthony when she tried to vote?

a)

yes

b)

no

16.

I wanted women to have the right to vote.

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Mary Bethune

17.

I was the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Cesar Chavez

18.

I was called "the mother of the civil rights movement".

a)

Mary Bethune

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

19.

I was the first lady and helped allow Marian Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial.

a)

Eleanor Roosevelt

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Rosa Parks

20.

I started a school for African American children in Daytona Beach, Florida.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Mary Bethune

c)

Susan B. Anthony

21.

I worked with Elizabeth Stanton and traveled the country giving speeches on women's rights.

a)

Eleanor Roosevelt

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Mary Bethune

22.

I gave my "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

a)

Cesar Chavez

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Jackie Robinson

23.

I refused to move and give up my seat on a bus to a white person.

a)

Mary Bethune

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Rosa Parks

24.

I fought for migrant workers to receive better pay and more reasonable working conditions.

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Cesar Chavez

25.

I worked with Rosa Parks to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Jackie Robinson