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Civil Rights

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What major civil rights policy did President Harry S. Truman enact?

a)

desegregated major league baseball

b)

desegregated the military

c)

desegregated schools

d)

desegregated housing

2.

What was the decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

a)

end of segregation in public transporation

b)

end of all segregation

c)

outlawed the poll tax

d)

end of segregation in schools

3.

Who was the Supreme Court Chief Justice behind civil rights decisions like Brown v. Board of Education and Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US?

a)

Earl Warren

b)

John Marshall

c)

Warren Burger

d)

Wiliam Rehnquist

4.

Which state used the National Guard to stop Brown v. Board of Education from going into effect?

a)

Alabama

b)

Louisiana

c)

Arkansas

d)

Mississippi

5.

Which president used the federal army to enforce the court decision Brown v. Board of Education?

a)

John Kennedy

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Lyndon Johnson

6.

Who's action inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Fannie Lou Hamer

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

Rosa Parks

7.

What direct action challenged segregation at restaurant counters?

a)

Greensboro Sit Ins

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

Selma March

d)

Freedom Summer

8.

Which direct action challenged interstate busing segregation?

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

Birmingham Children's Crusade

d)

Selma March

9.

Which direct action challenged voting restrictions in Mississippi?

a)

Freedom Summer

b)

Long Hot Summers

c)

Greensboro Sit Ins

d)

March on Washington

10.

What voting rights action resulted in the Alabama state troopers beating the protestors?

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

March on Washington

c)

Selma March

d)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

11.

Which civil rights leader believed in nonviolent protest?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

12.

Which civil rights leader believed in black power by any means necessary?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

13.

Which of the following actions was Martin Luther King NOT involved in?

a)

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

March on Washington

d)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

14.

What outlawed segregation in the United States?

a)

Fair Housing Act

b)

24th Amendment

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

15.

What eliminated the Literacy Test and allowed for federal supervision of southern voting rules?

a)

Fair Housing Act

b)

24th Amendment

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

16.

What eliminated the poll tax?

a)

Fair Housing Act

b)

24th Amendment

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

17.

What outlawed housing segregation?

a)

Fair Housing Act

b)

24th Amendment

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

18.

Which president was responsible for pushing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 through Congress?

a)

John Kennedy

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

19.

Which civil rights organization is not correctly matched with one of its actions?

a)

NAACP

Brown v. Board

b)

SCLC

Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

Black Panthers

Birmingham Children's Crusade

d)

SNCC

Freedom Summer

20.

Who was the first African American to play Major League baseball?

a)

Willie Mays

b)

Hank Aaron

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Jackie Robinson