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Birth of the Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What U.S. Supreme Court case ended segregation?

a)

Brown v. BOE Topeka

b)

Hernandez v. Texas

c)

Plessy v Ferguson

d)

Pearson v Murray

2.

Nine African American students who tried to enter an all white high school..

a)

Teens of Mississippi

b)

Kids of New York

c)

Little Rock Nine

d)

Pennsylvania Blacks

3.

The Civil Rights movement arose during...

a)

World War I

b)

Gulf War

c)

World War II

d)

Vietnam War

4.

Black military men came home to..

a)
equal opportunities and fair treatment
b)
integration and acceptance
c)
discrimination and segregation
d)
support and recognition
5.

Jackie Robinson played for which major league team?

a)
New York Yankees
b)
Chicago Cubs
c)
Boston Red Sox
d)
Brooklyn Dodgers
6.

Why was Jackie Robinson put on trial?

a)
He was court-martialed for desertion
b)
He was court-martialed for insubordination
c)
He was court-martialed for espionage
d)

He was honorably discharged from the military.

7.

This senator fought against desegregation.

a)

Harry Byrd

b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Barack Obama
8.

Some school systems did this to stop integration...

a)

closed their schools

b)

diversity training

c)

equal opportunity

d)

forced busing

9.

She was a member of the NAACP and challenged the public library's segregation rule.

a)

Mae Jamison

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Michelle Obama

d)

Marian Anderson

10.

This president sent the Army to take the Little Rock Nine to school.

a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
John F. Kennedy
11.

This man, along with others, formed this group to fight segregation.

a)
Malcolm X and the Black Panthers
b)
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
c)
Rosa Parks and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
d)
Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC)
12.

How old was Martin when he first experienced discrimination?

a)

Martin was six when he first experienced discrimination.

b)
Martin was 18 years old when he experienced discrimination
c)
Martin was 25 years old when he experienced discrimination
d)
Martin was 10 years old when he experienced discrimination