WorksheetsCivil Rights
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Jackie Robinson
a)
In 1947 he broke the color barrier in major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. He would go on to have a Hall of Fame baseball career.
b)
This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 sparking a year long bus boycott.
c)
This type of segregation is based on laws.
d)
These activities organized by CORE and SNCC were designed to challenge the non-enforcement of laws that prohibited segregation on buses. The riders rode on interstate buses into the segregated south and, after meeting violence in Alabama, were successful at getting the federal government to take action against segregated buses.
2.
Executive Order 9981
a)
This event happened on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. The murder took place the day after King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. Riots erupted in 168 cities following the assassination.
b)
In 1948 President Truman signed this decree which ordered the desegregation of the U.S. armed forces.
c)
This organization was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in 1957. It played a major part in anti-discrimination and voter-registration efforts in Albany, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.
d)
These activities organized by CORE and SNCC were designed to challenge the non-enforcement of laws that prohibited segregation on buses. The riders rode on interstate buses into the segregated south and, after meeting violence in Alabama, were successful at getting the federal government to take action against segregated buses.
3.
Brown v. Board of Education
a)
In this 1954 case the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision ruling that segregated educational facilities are "inherently unequal."
b)
The lead NAACP lawyer in the Brown decision. He argued that segregation was unconstitutional based on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. He would go on to serve on the Supreme Court.
c)
This type of segregation is based on laws.
d)
In September 1963 the KKK bombed a church in Birmingham, Alabama killing four girls. It was decades before the bombers were brought up on charges.
4.
Thurgood Marshall
a)
The lead NAACP lawyer in the Brown decision. He argued that segregation was unconstitutional based on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. He would go on to serve on the Supreme Court.
b)
This amendment passed in 1964 outlawed poll taxes.
c)
This event happened on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. The murder took place the day after King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. Riots erupted in 168 cities following the assassination.
d)
In this 1954 case the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision ruling that segregated educational facilities are "inherently unequal."
5.
"Brown II" Decision
a)
In this 1955 decision the Supreme Court ruled that segregation must end with "all deliberate speed."
b)
These activities organized by CORE and SNCC were designed to challenge the non-enforcement of laws that prohibited segregation on buses. The riders rode on interstate buses into the segregated south and, after meeting violence in Alabama, were successful at getting the federal government to take action against segregated buses.
c)
This type of segregation is not based on laws but rather by private actions and voluntary associations.
d)
This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 sparking a year long bus boycott.
6.
Southern Manifesto
a)
This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 sparking a year long bus boycott.
b)
This document, signed by Southern senators and congressmen, called the Brown v. Board of Education decision an abuse of power.
c)
These were the students who integrated Little Rock Central High in 1957 after President Dwight Eisenhower ordered federal troops to the area to assist in the effort to desegregate the school.
d)
This amendment passed in 1964 outlawed poll taxes.
7.
De Facto Segregation
a)
In this 1954 case the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision ruling that segregated educational facilities are "inherently unequal."
b)
This type of segregation is not based on laws but rather by private actions and voluntary associations.
c)
This event happened on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. The murder took place the day after King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. Riots erupted in 168 cities following the assassination.
d)
This organization, founded in 1960, organized many of the early sit-ins. While it began as a non-violent interracial group it adopted greater militancy later in the decade.
8.
De Jure Segregation
a)
This document, signed by Southern senators and congressmen, called the Brown v. Board of Education decision an abuse of power.
b)
In 1948 President Truman signed this decree which ordered the desegregation of the U.S. armed forces.
c)
This type of segregation is based on laws.
d)
In this 1955 decision the Supreme Court ruled that segregation must end with "all deliberate speed."
9.
Emmett Till
a)
This fourteen year old African-American boy from Chicago was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of being forward to a white woman in a grocery store. His death helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement.
b)
The lead NAACP lawyer in the Brown decision. He argued that segregation was unconstitutional based on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. He would go on to serve on the Supreme Court.
c)
In August 1963 over 200,000 demonstrators marched in Washington in support of a civil rights bill. At the event Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech.
d)
This amendment passed in 1964 outlawed poll taxes.
10.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
a)
Before his assassination John Kennedy called for a bill to end all segregation of public facilities. Following his death this act made segregation illegal in all public facilities.
b)
This boycott began following Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955. During the boycott Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as the leader of the movement. The boycott lasted over a year and resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that such segregation laws were unconstitutional.
c)
The lead NAACP lawyer in the Brown decision. He argued that segregation was unconstitutional based on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. He would go on to serve on the Supreme Court.
d)
This American Transcendentalist writer of the 19th Century inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his essay, "Civil Disobedience."
11.
Rosa Parks
a)
This act was passed in 1968 after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. It banned discrimination based on race, religion, or gender when buying, selling, or renting housing.
b)
This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 sparking a year long bus boycott.
c)
This organization, founded in 1960, organized many of the early sit-ins. While it began as a non-violent interracial group it adopted greater militancy later in the decade.
d)
This type of segregation is not based on laws but rather by private actions and voluntary associations.
12.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
a)
In this 1954 case the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision ruling that segregated educational facilities are "inherently unequal."
b)
Following his role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott this man became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He employed non-violent tactics, gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, and led many protests against segregation. He was assassinated in 1968.
c)
In 1960 four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina started a sit-in movement after being refused service at a Woolworth's lunch counter. Very quickly the sit-in protest movement expanded across the country and many lunch counters were desegregated.
d)
This document, signed by Southern senators and congressmen, called the Brown v. Board of Education decision an abuse of power.
13.
Mahatma Gandhi
a)
This type of segregation is based on laws.
b)
This man led non-violent protests in India and became an inspiration for Dr. Martin Luther King's non-violent tactics in the United States.
c)
Following his role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott this man became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He employed non-violent tactics, gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, and led many protests against segregation. He was assassinated in 1968.
d)
This fourteen year old African-American boy from Chicago was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of being forward to a white woman in a grocery store. His death helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement.
14.
Henry David Thoreau
a)
These activities organized by CORE and SNCC were designed to challenge the non-enforcement of laws that prohibited segregation on buses. The riders rode on interstate buses into the segregated south and, after meeting violence in Alabama, were successful at getting the federal government to take action against segregated buses.
b)
Following his role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott this man became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He employed non-violent tactics, gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, and led many protests against segregation. He was assassinated in 1968.
c)
This man led non-violent protests in India and became an inspiration for Dr. Martin Luther King's non-violent tactics in the United States.
d)
This American Transcendentalist writer of the 19th Century inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his essay, "Civil Disobedience."
15.
Little Rock Nine
a)
In 1948 President Truman signed this decree which ordered the desegregation of the U.S. armed forces.
b)
Following his role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott this man became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He employed non-violent tactics, gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, and led many protests against segregation. He was assassinated in 1968.
c)
These were the students who integrated Little Rock Central High in 1957 after President Dwight Eisenhower ordered federal troops to the area to assist in the effort to desegregate the school.
d)
These activities organized by CORE and SNCC were designed to challenge the non-enforcement of laws that prohibited segregation on buses. The riders rode on interstate buses into the segregated south and, after meeting violence in Alabama, were successful at getting the federal government to take action against segregated buses.
16.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
a)
This organization was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in 1957. It played a major part in anti-discrimination and voter-registration efforts in Albany, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.
b)
These were the students who integrated Little Rock Central High in 1957 after President Dwight Eisenhower ordered federal troops to the area to assist in the effort to desegregate the school.
c)
This black nationalist and member of the nation of Islam often criticized the non-violent Civil Rights Movement. After breaking away from the Nation of Islam he was assassinated by the religious group.
d)
This man, the first NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, helped organize boycotts and investigated the murder of Emmitt Till. In 1963 he was assassinated at his home in Mississippi.
17.
Greensboro Sit-Ins
a)
This type of segregation is not based on laws but rather by private actions and voluntary associations.
b)
In 1965 protesters marched 54 miles to highlight problems associated with voting. As one group of peaceful protesters left Selma and crossed over the Edmund Pettis Bridge they were beaten by the police in what became known as Bloody Sunday.
c)
This boycott began following Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955. During the boycott Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as the leader of the movement. The boycott lasted over a year and resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that such segregation laws were unconstitutional.
d)
In 1960 four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina started a sit-in movement after being refused service at a Woolworth's lunch counter. Very quickly the sit-in protest movement expanded across the country and many lunch counters were desegregated.
18.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
a)
In 1963 the SCLC and other groups began challenging segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Martin Luther King, Jr. and hundreds of other protesters were arrested and put in jail. Other protesters were met with fire hoses and police dogs. In the end many segregated facilities were desegregated.
b)
This organization, founded in 1960, organized many of the early sit-ins. While it began as a non-violent interracial group it adopted greater militancy later in the decade.
c)
In this 1954 case the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision ruling that segregated educational facilities are "inherently unequal."
d)
In 1963 a federal judge ordered that Vivian Malone, James Hand, and other African Americans be admitted to the University of Alabama. Alabama Governor George Wallace tried to stop the students from registering. President Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard and the students were registered.
19.
Freedom Rides
a)
This type of segregation is based on laws.
b)
These activities organized by CORE and SNCC were designed to challenge the non-enforcement of laws that prohibited segregation on buses. The riders rode on interstate buses into the segregated south and, after meeting violence in Alabama, were successful at getting the federal government to take action against segregated buses.
c)
This man was given the right to attend the University of Mississippi by a federal court. Kennedy sent in U.S. marshals to protect his right to attend classes.
d)
This organization, founded in 1960, organized many of the early sit-ins. While it began as a non-violent interracial group it adopted greater militancy later in the decade.
20.
James Meredith
a)
These were the students who integrated Little Rock Central High in 1957 after President Dwight Eisenhower ordered federal troops to the area to assist in the effort to desegregate the school.
b)
This American Transcendentalist writer of the 19th Century inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his essay, "Civil Disobedience."
c)
This organization was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in 1957. It played a major part in anti-discrimination and voter-registration efforts in Albany, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.
d)
This man was given the right to attend the University of Mississippi by a federal court. Kennedy sent in U.S. marshals to protect his right to attend classes.
21.
Integration of the University of Alabama (1963)
a)
In September 1963 the KKK bombed a church in Birmingham, Alabama killing four girls. It was decades before the bombers were brought up on charges.
b)
This movement began when many African Americans, frustrated with the lack of progress, began using violence to counter white violence. Stokely Carmichael became a spokesperson for this movement.
c)
In 1948 President Truman signed this decree which ordered the desegregation of the U.S. armed forces.
d)
In 1963 a federal judge ordered that Vivian Malone, James Hand, and other African Americans be admitted to the University of Alabama. Alabama Governor George Wallace tried to stop the students from registering. President Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard and the students were registered.
22.
Birmingham Campaign (1963)
a)
This event, held in Mississippi in the summer of 1964, was designed to register African American voters. Many activists were arrested and three volunteers were murdered.
b)
This boycott began following Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955. During the boycott Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as the leader of the movement. The boycott lasted over a year and resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that such segregation laws were unconstitutional.
c)
In 1963 the SCLC and other groups began challenging segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Martin Luther King, Jr. and hundreds of other protesters were arrested and put in jail. Other protesters were met with fire hoses and police dogs. In the end many segregated facilities were desegregated.
d)
This event happened on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. The murder took place the day after King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. Riots erupted in 168 cities following the assassination.
23.
March on Washington
a)
In August 1963 over 200,000 demonstrators marched in Washington in support of a civil rights bill. At the event Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech.
b)
Before his assassination John Kennedy called for a bill to end all segregation of public facilities. Following his death this act made segregation illegal in all public facilities.
c)
This event, held in Mississippi in the summer of 1964, was designed to register African American voters. Many activists were arrested and three volunteers were murdered.
d)
This act was passed in 1968 after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. It banned discrimination based on race, religion, or gender when buying, selling, or renting housing.
24.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
a)
In September 1963 the KKK bombed a church in Birmingham, Alabama killing four girls. It was decades before the bombers were brought up on charges.
b)
Before his assassination John Kennedy called for a bill to end all segregation of public facilities. Following his death this act made segregation illegal in all public facilities.
c)
This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 sparking a year long bus boycott.
d)
This boycott began following Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955. During the boycott Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as the leader of the movement. The boycott lasted over a year and resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that such segregation laws were unconstitutional.
25.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
a)
This American Transcendentalist writer of the 19th Century inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his essay, "Civil Disobedience."
b)
This act was passed in 1968 after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. It banned discrimination based on race, religion, or gender when buying, selling, or renting housing.
c)
This type of segregation is not based on laws but rather by private actions and voluntary associations.
d)
Before his assassination John Kennedy called for a bill to end all segregation of public facilities. Following his death this act made segregation illegal in all public facilities.
26.
Medgar Evers
a)
This amendment passed in 1964 outlawed poll taxes.
b)
This man, the first NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, helped organize boycotts and investigated the murder of Emmitt Till. In 1963 he was assassinated at his home in Mississippi.
c)
In this 1955 decision the Supreme Court ruled that segregation must end with "all deliberate speed."
d)
In 1967 these riots saw thousands of people arrested, 43 people killed, and hundreds of building destroyed. Following the riots the state legislature passed fair housing measures.
27.
Freedom Summer
a)
This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 sparking a year long bus boycott.
b)
In 1965 protesters marched 54 miles to highlight problems associated with voting. As one group of peaceful protesters left Selma and crossed over the Edmund Pettis Bridge they were beaten by the police in what became known as Bloody Sunday.
c)
This organization was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in 1957. It played a major part in anti-discrimination and voter-registration efforts in Albany, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.
d)
This event, held in Mississippi in the summer of 1964, was designed to register African American voters. Many activists were arrested and three volunteers were murdered.
28.
Twenty-fourth Amendment
a)
In this 1955 decision the Supreme Court ruled that segregation must end with "all deliberate speed."
b)
This amendment passed in 1964 outlawed poll taxes.
c)
This boycott began following Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955. During the boycott Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as the leader of the movement. The boycott lasted over a year and resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that such segregation laws were unconstitutional.
d)
In August 1963 over 200,000 demonstrators marched in Washington in support of a civil rights bill. At the event Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech.
29.
Selma to Montgomery March
a)
In 1965 protesters marched 54 miles to highlight problems associated with voting. As one group of peaceful protesters left Selma and crossed over the Edmund Pettis Bridge they were beaten by the police in what became known as Bloody Sunday.
b)
This amendment passed in 1964 outlawed poll taxes.
c)
This man, the first NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, helped organize boycotts and investigated the murder of Emmitt Till. In 1963 he was assassinated at his home in Mississippi.
d)
The lead NAACP lawyer in the Brown decision. He argued that segregation was unconstitutional based on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. He would go on to serve on the Supreme Court.
30.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
a)
In 1963 the SCLC and other groups began challenging segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Martin Luther King, Jr. and hundreds of other protesters were arrested and put in jail. Other protesters were met with fire hoses and police dogs. In the end many segregated facilities were desegregated.
b)
This act of 1965 prohibited the use of literacy tests as voting requirements and provided federal registrars to register voters.
c)
In this 1954 case the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision ruling that segregated educational facilities are "inherently unequal."
d)
In 1960 four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina started a sit-in movement after being refused service at a Woolworth's lunch counter. Very quickly the sit-in protest movement expanded across the country and many lunch counters were desegregated.
31.
Detroit Riots of 1967
a)
In 1947 he broke the color barrier in major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. He would go on to have a Hall of Fame baseball career.
b)
In 1967 these riots saw thousands of people arrested, 43 people killed, and hundreds of building destroyed. Following the riots the state legislature passed fair housing measures.
c)
This American Transcendentalist writer of the 19th Century inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his essay, "Civil Disobedience."
d)
In 1965 protesters marched 54 miles to highlight problems associated with voting. As one group of peaceful protesters left Selma and crossed over the Edmund Pettis Bridge they were beaten by the police in what became known as Bloody Sunday.
32.
Black Power Movement
a)
In this 1955 decision the Supreme Court ruled that segregation must end with "all deliberate speed."
b)
This movement began when many African Americans, frustrated with the lack of progress, began using violence to counter white violence. Stokely Carmichael became a spokesperson for this movement.
c)
Before his assassination John Kennedy called for a bill to end all segregation of public facilities. Following his death this act made segregation illegal in all public facilities.
d)
This man led non-violent protests in India and became an inspiration for Dr. Martin Luther King's non-violent tactics in the United States.
33.
Malcolm X
a)
In 1947 he broke the color barrier in major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. He would go on to have a Hall of Fame baseball career.
b)
This type of segregation is based on laws.
c)
This black nationalist and member of the nation of Islam often criticized the non-violent Civil Rights Movement. After breaking away from the Nation of Islam he was assassinated by the religious group.
d)
This organization was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in 1957. It played a major part in anti-discrimination and voter-registration efforts in Albany, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.
34.
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
a)
In 1965 protesters marched 54 miles to highlight problems associated with voting. As one group of peaceful protesters left Selma and crossed over the Edmund Pettis Bridge they were beaten by the police in what became known as Bloody Sunday.
b)
In 1947 he broke the color barrier in major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. He would go on to have a Hall of Fame baseball career.
c)
This organization, founded in 1960, organized many of the early sit-ins. While it began as a non-violent interracial group it adopted greater militancy later in the decade.
d)
This event happened on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. The murder took place the day after King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. Riots erupted in 168 cities following the assassination.
35.
Fair Housing Act of 1968
a)
Following his role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott this man became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He employed non-violent tactics, gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, and led many protests against segregation. He was assassinated in 1968.
b)
This act was passed in 1968 after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. It banned discrimination based on race, religion, or gender when buying, selling, or renting housing.
c)
This organization, founded in 1960, organized many of the early sit-ins. While it began as a non-violent interracial group it adopted greater militancy later in the decade.
d)
This black nationalist and member of the nation of Islam often criticized the non-violent Civil Rights Movement. After breaking away from the Nation of Islam he was assassinated by the religious group.
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