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Civil Rights Movement 1945-63

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of the following is NOT a civil rights group

a)

NAACP

b)

CORE

c)

SCCL

d)

SCLC

2.

What year did Brown vs Board of Education take place in the Supreme Court?

a)

1955

b)

1954

c)

1956

d)

1958

3.

What was the name of the Supreme Court case in 1896 that meant that African Americans in the south were 'separate but equal?'

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Sweatt v Painter

c)

Morgan v Ferguson

d)

McLaurin v Oklahoma State

4.

Which president passed an executive order to end segregation in the army?

a)

Kennedy

b)

Eisenhower

c)

Truman

d)

Roosevelt

5.

What date did the March on Washington take place?

a)

1963

b)

1960

c)

1961

d)

1962

6.

What was the name of the Governor of Alabama who won his election because of his segregationist views

a)

Bull Connor

b)

George Wallace

c)

Chief Pritchett

d)

Hubert Humphrey

7.

Which of the following two are types of protest

a)

Freedom walks

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

Sit outs

d)

Sit ins

8.

Which president passed the Civil Rights Act which addressed voting rights?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Richard Nixon
9.

Why was WWII a turning point for African Americans?

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