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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

1. Which of the following was an outcome of the Brown v. Board decision?

a)

Segregation was deemed legal in the south

b)

Schools that segregate were found to deny equal protection

c)

Jim Crow was no longer allowed to be used as a character

d)

School were allowed to segregate but businesses were not

2.

2. Which of the following was the focus of Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Due Process Rights

b)

Freedom of Speech

c)

Judicial Review

d)

Separate but Equal

3.

3. What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

a)

Guzman v. School

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

4.

4. Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

a)

Dolores Huerta

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Cesar Chavez

5.

5. What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

a)

NAACP

b)

United Black Nations

c)

International Court of Justice

d)

Peace Project

6.

6. What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

a)

Prohibition

b)

Great Migration

c)

NAACP

d)

Harlem Renaissance

7.

7. What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?

a)

Southern Peace Corps

b)

NAACP

c)

Black Panthers

d)

UN

8.

8. During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

a)

Little Rock Nine

b)

Atomic Bombs

c)

Flying Tigers

d)

Tuskegee Airment

9.

9. What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

a)

March on Washington

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Mass Support Demonstrations

d)

Little Rock Nine

10.

10. What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?

a)

Increased Participation in Political Process (boycotts, marches)

b)

Communism Containment

c)

Migration to the South

d)

Economic Poverty and Unemployment

11.

11. What protest would Martin Luther King have opposed?

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Sit-In

c)

March on Washington

d)

Race Riots

12.

12. What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

a)

Segregation in public schools became illegal

b)

African Americans began playing professional sports

c)

Rosa Parks refused to given up her seat on the bus

d)

MLK led a march on Washington

13.

13. Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and ____________

a)

Convincing JFK to support his Civil Rights Movement

b)

Winning the Brown v. Board of Education Case

c)

Graduating Law School

d)

Organizing the March on Washington

14.

14. The March on Washington is most famous for __________

a)

MLK gave his Famous "I Have a Dream" Speech

b)

The KKK became illegal

c)

200.000 people worked together to get the Right to Vote

d)

Causing Race Riots in Washington D.C.

15.

15. Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Segregation on buses became illegal after a few days of boycotting

b)

MLK was arrested for not giving up his seat

c)

African Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating

d)

Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting

16.

16. What kind of marches did Martin Luther King Jr. lead?

a)

Angry

b)

Violent Riots

c)

Non-Violent

d)

Large

17.

17. Thurgood Marshall became ____________

a)

Author of the Civil Rights Act

b)

First African American on the Supreme Court

c)

President of the First African American University

d)

President of the US

18.

18. To separate one group from another is __________

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Discirmination

c)

Segregation

d)

Integration

19.

19. What was the primary goal of the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

To desegregate public buses and bus terminals

b)

To promote African American businesses

c)

To support the Vietnam War

d)

To establish separate schools for African Americans

20.

20. Who was the first African American woman to refuse to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Ida B. Wells

21.

21. What was the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination

b)

It granted women the right to vote

c)

It established the NAACP

d)

It started the Harlem Renaissance

22.

What was the main objective of the Selma to Montgomery marches?

a)

To protest against the Vietnam War

b)

To demand voting rights for African Americans

c)

To support the Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

To promote economic equality

23.

Who was the prominent leader of the Black Power movement during the Civil Rights era?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Rosa Parks