WorksheetsCivil Rights - What do you know?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What did African Americans fight for during the Civil Rights movement?
a)
segregation
b)
equal rights
c)
poll taxes
2.
2. Which African American refused to give up a seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Jackie Robinson
3.
3. What was the effect of Rosa Parks not giving up her bus seat to a white man?
a)
She had to pay double the price
b)
The bus driver banned her from the bus
c)
She was arrested and put in jail
4.
4. What was the protest, where African Americans refused to ride buses until segregation on public transportation was outlawed?
a)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
Civil Rights Movement
c)
Brown vs. Board
5.
5. As a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the US Supreme Court outlawed ____ of all of the city’s public transportation.
a)
boycotting
b)
Segregation
c)
music
6.
6. What was the civil rights case where the Supreme Court ruled it illegal for schools to be segregated?
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Jim Crow Laws
7.
7. In Brown v. Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that public schools must _____.
a)
close
b)
integrate
c)
pay taxes
8.
8. What was the peaceful demonstration where MLK, Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech?
a)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
March on Washington
c)
Voting Rights Protest
9.
9. What was the law that prohibited discrimination based on race, gender, or religion?
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Voting Rights Act
c)
Brown vs. Board of Education
10.
10. What does segregation mean?
a)
to be separated
b)
to be put together
c)
to be joined
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