WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement Key Concepts
Total questions: 3
Worksheet time: 9mins
What role did black churches play in the Civil Rights Movement?
They served only as places of worship.
They were centers for political activism and community support.
They were primarily financial institutions.
They focused solely on education.
Who was named Time magazine's 1964 "Man of the Year" for his role in the Civil Rights Movement?
Ralph Abernathy
Bayard Rustin
Martin Luther King, Jr.
A. Philip Randolph
What was the significance of the Lincoln Memorial in the Civil Rights Movement?
It was the site of the first civil rights protest.
It was where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
It was the headquarters of the NAACP.
It was the location of the first sit-in.
What was the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" known for?
Being the smallest civil rights assembly in history.
Being the largest political assembly in American history.
Being the first march organized by the NAACP.
Being a protest against the Vietnam War.
Who sang at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, drawing a crowd of 75,000 people?
Coretta Scott King
Marian Anderson
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Which organization was founded in 1957 to coordinate and raise funds for local protests?
NAACP
SNCC
SCLC
COFO
What important role did black churches not play in the Civil Rights movement?
spiritual strength
political leadership
civil activism
militant activism
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
President Lyndon B. Johnson
President John F. Kennedy
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
FBI director J. Edgar Hoover
How were students involved in the civil rights movement?
They were able to gather information secretly through their research.
They boycotted, demonstrated, and staged sit-ins.
They practiced violence when called upon to do so.
They were often apathetic to the cause.
What was the “jail-no-bail” strategy?
Arrested demonstrators would stay in prison rather than pay bail.
The NAACP would provide bail for those who were jailed.
It was a cheering slogan of the SCLS and SNCC.
Nobody would leave a protest demonstration until they had been arrested.
The NAACP did not supply
weapons and ammunition to demonstrators.
bail money.
counsel for jailed demonstrators.
additional desegregation support.
Who was the first African American woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Coretta Scott King
