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Review - Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main principle of passive resistance?

a)

Using violence to achieve goals

b)

Using physical force to resist authority

c)

Nonviolent opposition to authority, particularly through non-cooperation with legal requirements

d)

Using military strategies to resist authority

2.

What is civil disobedience?

a)
A violent protest against the government
b)
A form of peaceful protest where people refuse to obey certain laws
c)
A type of military strategy
d)
A legal term for theft
3.

Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Nelson Mandela
4.

What event started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger
b)
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his 'I Have a Dream' speech
c)
The Civil Rights Act was passed
d)
The March on Washington took place
5.

What did Brown v. Board of Education overturn?

a)
The decision of Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
The decision of Roe v. Wade
c)
The decision of Marbury v. Madison
d)
The decision of Dred Scott v. Sandford
6.

Who was the lead attorney in Brown v. Board of Education?

a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
c)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
d)
John Marshall Harlan
7.

What was the final vote amongst the Supreme Court justices in Brown v. Board of Education?

a)
5-4
b)
6-3
c)
7-2
d)
9-0
8.

What was "massive resistance" in the American South in the 1950s?

a)
A movement to resist the desegregation of public schools
b)

A movement to resist the Montgomery bus company

c)
A movement to resist the abolition of slavery
d)
A movement to resist the industrialization of the South
9.

What Amendment did segregation defy?

a)
1st Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
2nd Amendment
10.

The Sit-ins in Greensboro, NC were organized by...

a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
The Black Panthers
d)
Four students from North Carolina A&T State University
11.

The Sit-in movement led to the creation of...

a)
The Civil Rights Act
b)
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
c)
The Black Panther Party
d)
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
12.

A movement to desegregate bus terminals...

a)
Was led by Rosa Parks
b)
Was called the Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
Was known as the Freedom Rides
d)

Was initiated by A. Philip Randolph

13.

In what city did Martin Luther King, Jr. orchestrate a demonstration in 1963?

a)
Atlanta
b)
New York
c)
Birmingham
d)
Chicago
14.

Who was the Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety?

a)
Bull Connor
b)

James Earl Ray

c)

A. Philip Randolph

d)

George Wallace

15.

Who stood in the Alabama University doorway in an attempt to prevent integration?

a)

Bull Connor

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)
George Wallace
d)
Malcolm X
16.

Martin Luther King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail was in response to?

a)
A speech by Malcolm X
b)
A newspaper article by white clergymen
c)
A speech by President Kennedy
d)
A book by Rosa Parks
17.

Who wrote, "For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never."?

a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)

John F. Kennedy

c)
Malcolm X
d)
Barack Obama
18.

What was the main goal of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

To end racial segregation in schools

b)

To give women the right to vote

c)

To end racial segregation in public places and ban employment discrimination

d)

To give African Americans the right to vote

19.

Reorder the following in chronological order:

a)

Passage of the 14th Amendment

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

1)
2)
3)
4)