Vocabulary
The unfair difference in the treatment of people is called _____________________.
A. Unity
B. Diversity
C. Segregation
D. Discrimination
Discrimination
Who was the man that was considered to be the national leader of the Civil Rights Movement that opposed discrimination through nonviolent resistance and peaceful demonstrations?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the name of the group of people that traveled on buses across the South to integrate public places?
A. American Riders
B. Little Rock Nine
C. Freedom Summer
D. Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders
Why was Rosa Parks arrested?
A. She refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger
B. She refused to get on the bus
C. She tried to drive the bus
D. She wanted to stand on the bus
She refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger
I was born in Cairo, Georgia. In 1947, I became the first African American to play for a Major League Baseball Team. Who was I?
A. Langston Hughes
B. Jackie Robinson
C. Thurgood Marshall
D. Lou Gehrig
Jackie Robinson
What is segregation?
A. Uniting two groups
B. Separating two groups
C. Cooperating with two groups
D. None of the above
Separating two groups
What president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
A. Lyndon B. Johnson
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Dwight Eisenhower
D. John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi in Oxford?
A. James Meredith
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C. Langston Hughes
D. Jackie Robinson
James Meredith
What was the name of the law that made it illegal to create special rules to keep African Americans from voting?
A. Voting Rights Act
B. Civil Rights Movement
C. Civil Rights Act
D. Voting in Mississippi Act
Voting Rights Act
What are civil rights?
Civil rights are the rights of all people to be treated equally under the law.
Civil rights include _____________________________.
A. The right of all people to be treated equally under the law
B. The right to vote
C. Freedom of speech
D. All of the above
All of the above
I was a Mississippi Civil Rights leader from Decatur, Mississippi. I helped to get African Americans registered to vote, and I led demonstrations to express opinions about Civil Rights. Who was I?
A. Fannie Lou Hamer
B. Medgar Evers
C. James Meredith
D. Lyndon B. Johnson
Medgar Evers
In what year did Brown v. Topeka Board of Education occur?
1954
What was the name of the law that the United States government passed in 1964 which made it illegal for businesses to treat people differently because of their race, their gender, or their religion?
A. The Civil Rights Act
B. The Voting Rights Act
C. The Civil War Act
D. The American Act
The Civil Rights Act
How is life different for African Americans today in comparison to the early 1900s?
A. Life is the same as it was in the early 1900s. Black people still must give seats to white people on the bus.
B. Life is the same as it was in the early 1900s. Black and white children still must attend separate schools.
C. Life is very different than it was in the early 1900s. Black people do not have to give seats to white people on the bus. Black and white children attend the same schools.
D. All of the above
Life is very different than it was in the early 1900s. Black people do not have to give seats to white people on the bus. Black and white children attend the same schools.
What is integration?
A. Uniting two groups
B. Separating two groups
C. Cooperating with two groups
D. None of the above
Uniting two groups
I was a Civil Rights leader from Ruleville, Mississippi. I first tried to register to vote in Ruleville in 1962, but as a result, I lost my job. Who was I?
A. Fannie Lou Hamer
B. Ruby Bridges
C. Rosa Parks
D. Martin Luther King Jr.
Fannie Lou Hamer
True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. did not oppose discrimination through nonviolent resistance and peaceful demonstrations.
False
He did oppose discrimination through nonviolent resistance and peaceful demonstrations.
Which Supreme Court case from 1954 ruled that “separate but equal” education was unconstitutional?
A. Plessy v. Ferguson
B. Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
C. Brown v. Mississippi Department of Education
D. Jim Crow v. Segregation
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
A campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi, which up to that time had almost totally excluded black voters.
A. Freedom Mississippi
B. Freedom Riders
C. Freedom Summer
D. Voting Rights Act
Freedom Summer
Explain the difference between segregation and integration.
Segregation is the separation of two groups, and integration is uniting two groups.
I am the first African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. Who am I?
A. Medgar Evers
B. James Meredith
C. Ruby Bridges
D. Harriet Tubman
Ruby Bridges
Why is it important to learn about the Civil Rights Movement?
Answers may vary (your opinion)
What were the Jim Crow laws?
The Jim Crow laws were laws that kept blacks and whites apart. These laws made it a crime for blacks and whites to use the same public places, such as restaurants, schools, hotels, or swimming pools. These laws denied individuals of their civil rights.
How did Thurgood Marshall work towards equality during his lifetime?
A. He became a writer and tried to help poor people
B. He joined the Army and became a lieutenant
C. He served on the United States Supreme Court and tried to help poor people
D. He was elected to the Alabama state legislature
He served on the United States Supreme Court and tried to help poor people