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Civil Rights Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1896, this court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine for public facilities.

a)

Brown v. Board

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

SNCC & NAACP

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

2.

Poll taxes and literacy tests were banned because of which of the following?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Brown Vs. The Board of Education

c)

Plessy Vs. Ferguson

d)

Voting Rights Act

3.

Jim Crow Laws separating people by the color of their skin, was common only for the southern USA before the Civil Rights Act.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which term is NOT associated with Martin Luther King Jr?

a)

Civil disobedience

b)

Grassroots activism

c)

Forced integration of schools

d)

Large Protests & rallies

5.

The important Civil Rights Act of 1964 calls for __________.

a)

the end of discrimination in public areas

b)

the integration of religious and state facilities

c)

Jim Crows Laws to become more covert

d)

Forced Busing of children

6.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 did all of the following EXCEPT

a)

took away barriers to voting

b)

the government must monitor & protect polling sites

c)

An end to literacy tests and poll taxes

d)

Election districts must be reported & approved

7.

Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

8.

During Reconstruction the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified. Which issue did these amendments address?

a)

Rights for women

b)

Readmission of southern states to the Union

c)

Rights for former slaves

d)

Presidential impeachment proceedings

9.

Breaking the law or creating a disturbance in a non-violent way to gain attention of it's unjust nature is known as...

a)

Boycotting

b)

Civil Disobedience

c)

Going on Strike

d)

Petitioning the government

10.
Question Image

Match the following

Progress was made with 3 new amendments

First event in history

Reconstruction

Second Event

250 years of slavery

Third event

Jim Crow Era

Fourth Event

Civill War

Most recent event

11.

What was created to fund a Civil Rights Commission to monitor Civil Rights violations?

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Civil Rights act of 1965

c)

Civil Rights act of 1964

d)

Civil Liberties Act of 1964

12.

Which term is NOT a synonym for discrimination?

a)

It may be a micro or macro-aggression

b)

It is always harmful

c)

It is an action based over-generalization

d)

It is a thought or attitude

13.
Keeping things or people separate 
a)
integration
b)
discrimination
c)

prejudism

d)
segregation
14.

Define segregation

a)

to refuse to buy, use, or go to, in order to make a protest or bring about a change.

b)

the practice of separating people according to groups, especially by ethnicity

c)

the process of bringing all parts together into a whole.

d)

an objection or complaint

15.

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for all people?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

16.

Which is not a grassroots activism during the active Civil Rights Movement?

a)

March on Washington in 1963

b)

Sit-ins to change laws about restaurants

c)

Door to Door visits asking for support

d)

Voter Drives like in Selma