Civil rights movements

Worksheet: Civil rights movements

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Answer the questions.

1. What does the term "civil rights" mean?
   a) Equal legal and social treatment for all citizensb) Rules that only apply to soldiersc) Special privileges for wealthy citizensd) The right to avoid paying taxes
2. The idea of civil rights says that people should be treated fairly whatever their race.
   a) Trueb) False
3. Which document, adopted by the UN in 1948, lists rights for all people?
   a) Declaration of Independenceb) Magna Cartac) Treaty of Versaillesd) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
4. In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery for refusing to do what?
   a) Give up her bus seatb) Leave a shopc) Pay her bus fared) Sit in the front row of a cinema
5. What name is given to the 1955-56 protest in which people in Montgomery avoided the buses?
6. Roughly how long did the Montgomery bus boycott last?
   a) About one monthb) About one weekc) About one yeard) About ten years
7. Which young minister became a leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?
   a) Abraham Lincolnb) Frederick Douglassc) Martin Luther King Jr.d) Nelson Mandela
8. At the 1963 March on Washington, King gave which famous speech?
   a) Equal for Allb) I Have a Dreamc) The Road to Freedomd) We Shall Overcome
9. Which Indian leader's use of nonviolent protest inspired Martin Luther King Jr?
10. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that protest should be nonviolent.
    a) Trueb) False
11. Which of these is an example of peaceful protest?
    a) A silent march with signsb) Blocking roads with weaponsc) Fighting with policed) Smashing shop windows
12. Where did the 1960 Greensboro sit-in protesters sit?
    a) At a whites-only lunch counterb) In a courtroomc) In a school libraryd) On a city bus
13. What does "segregation" mean?
    a) Giving everyone the voteb) Keeping groups of people separatec) Moving to a new countryd) Sharing resources equally
14. Which 1964 US law banned discrimination in public places and jobs?
    a) Civil Rights Actb) Clean Air Actc) Homestead Actd) Patriot Act
15. Which 1965 US law protected the right of Black Americans to vote?
16. The 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
    a) Trueb) False