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WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
1. Which of the following was an outcome of the Brown v. Board decision?
Segregation was deemed legal in the south
Schools that segregate were found to deny equal protection
Jim Crow was no longer allowed to be used as a character
School were allowed to segregate but businesses were not
2. Which of the following was the focus of Plessy v. Ferguson?
Due Process Rights
Freedom of Speech
Judicial Review
Separate but Equal
3. What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?
Guzman v. School
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
4. Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Cesar Chavez
5. What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?
NAACP
United Black Nations
International Court of Justice
Peace Project
6. What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?
Prohibition
Great Migration
NAACP
Harlem Renaissance
7. What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?
Southern Peace Corps
NAACP
Black Panthers
UN
8. During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?
Little Rock Nine
Atomic Bombs
Flying Tigers
Tuskegee Airment
9. What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?
March on Washington
Black Panthers
Mass Support Demonstrations
Little Rock Nine
10. What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?
Increased Participation in Political Process (boycotts, marches)
Communism Containment
Migration to the South
Economic Poverty and Unemployment
11. What protest would Martin Luther King have opposed?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sit-In
March on Washington
Race Riots
12. What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
Segregation in public schools became illegal
African Americans began playing professional sports
Rosa Parks refused to given up her seat on the bus
MLK led a march on Washington
13. Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and ____________
Convincing JFK to support his Civil Rights Movement
Winning the Brown v. Board of Education Case
Graduating Law School
Organizing the March on Washington
14. The March on Washington is most famous for __________
MLK gave his Famous "I Have a Dream" Speech
The KKK became illegal
200.000 people worked together to get the Right to Vote
Causing Race Riots in Washington D.C.
15. Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Segregation on buses became illegal after a few days of boycotting
MLK was arrested for not giving up his seat
African Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting
16. What kind of marches did Martin Luther King Jr. lead?
Angry
Violent Riots
Non-Violent
Large
17. Thurgood Marshall became ____________
Author of the Civil Rights Act
First African American on the Supreme Court
President of the First African American University
President of the US
18. To separate one group from another is __________
Civil Rights Movement
Discirmination
Segregation
Integration
19. What was the primary goal of the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement?
To desegregate public buses and bus terminals
To promote African American businesses
To support the Vietnam War
To establish separate schools for African Americans
20. Who was the first African American woman to refuse to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Ida B. Wells
21. What was the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination
It granted women the right to vote
It established the NAACP
It started the Harlem Renaissance
What was the main objective of the Selma to Montgomery marches?
To protest against the Vietnam War
To demand voting rights for African Americans
To support the Civil Rights Act of 1964
To promote economic equality
Who was the prominent leader of the Black Power movement during the Civil Rights era?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
