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Civil Rights Unit Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Masks and vaccinations are ways to ________ the spread of COVID 19.

a)
prevent
b)

intimidate

c)

admire

2.

The Ku Klux Klan used violence to ________ black Americans. Mark only one oval.

a)

A) desegregate

b)

B) ban

c)

C) intimidate

3.

Jim Crow laws kept black Americans and white Americans ________ in the South. Mark only one oval.

a)

A) segregated

b)

B) integrated

c)

C) campaigned

4.

Many people ________ Jackie Robinson because he was a great athlete and a courageous person. Mark only one oval.

a)

A) restricted

b)

B) admired

c)

C) inferior

5.

Racial discrimination ______ opportunities for black Americans to achieve success.

a)

movement

b)

intimidate

c)

restricted

6.

The people who work for the NAACP are ______ who want to protect the rights of all Americans.

a)

activists

b)

movement

c)

banned

7.

During the 1950's and 1960's, many black Americans and white Americans were activists in the civil rights ______ to end racial discrimination.

a)

integration

b)

admire

c)

movement

8.

Segregation in public schools was ______ after the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

a)

supremacy

b)

banned

c)

inferior

9.

Public schools all over America are ______ today with students of all races and cultures.

a)

integrated

b)

segregated

c)

resisted

10.

It is important to ______ racist behavior and actions and not accept them.

a)

resist

b)

admire

c)

supremacy

11.

In 1963, President Kennedy asked for legislation giving all Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public. The word "legislation" most closely means _______.

a)

money

b)

laws

c)

problems

12.

Which sentence reveals that government laws were important in giving black Americans the right to vote?

a)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits any restriction on the right to vote.

b)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race.

c)

Many changes came when the Jim Crow laws that limited the freedoms and rights of African-Americans were challenged in the courts.

13.

Which phrase describes what Jim Crow laws did to black Americans? Mark only one oval.

a)

24th Amendment

b)

Promise of the 15th Amendment

c)

Limited the freedoms and rights of African-Americans