Civil Rights

Movement:The
60s

nstructions
Quiz

Civil Rights
Cities

INSTRUCTIONS

Click on each star above the city to take you to an explanation of each city.

Once reading each description, click on the picture and you will either read a
scenario and write a short reflection or view the short video about each civil
rights movement and provide appropriate feedback.

After each city clicked on you will answer two questions that learned while
visiting.

When done with each city, video, and activity come back to main page and
take the quiz over the section.

When done with the quiz, raise your hand and your teacher will come and
check your work.

GOODLUCK.

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Birmingham
Martin Luther King Jr. was
imprisoned for leading a march
on Birmingham that ended in the
citys police force using violent
force with dogs, electric cattle
prods, and high pressure hoses

Cameras caught the

whole scene for the
evening news and it
became a huge
spectacle for society.

On September 15, 1963

the KKK bombed the
Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church. Four young girls
were found dead beneath
the rubble in the basement
restroom.

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Welcome to
Birmingham
Imagine you were just getting
home from school one day and
you turn on your tv but today
instead of your favorite
afterschool show you see African
Americans being attacked by
police officers with fire hoses,
police dogs, and the electric
prods.

How would you

react or feel
today if you saw
something like
that happen?
Write a reflection
below.

Washington D.C.
The

March on Washington happened in

March 1963 where thousands of people
marched through Washington D.C.
fighting for job equality and freedom.

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Selma

In 1965, over six hundred protestors

marched from Selma to the state capital
Montgomery fighting for voting rights.

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Little Rock
In 1957, nine African
American students were
admitted into Central High
School in Little Rock, AK.
These nine students
sparked an outrage
throughout the community
and were threatened with
violence if they actually
attended the school.
The violence was so awful
that President Eisenhower
sent troops to Little Rock to
protect the new students.

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Memphis
Martin

Luther King Jr. was very intent on

advocating civil rights in Memphis.
This is where the Dr. King was
assassinated outside his motel room.

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Greensboro

Woolworths sit-ins began when four African

American college students decided to sit at
an all-white dining counter in Woolworths
Department Store.
Their bravery to sit in these spots sparks sitins across the south.

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Greensboro Sit-in Video

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QUIZ
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Question 1
What anti-civil rights group bombed the
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, that killed
four children?
a. John Birch Society
b. Klu Klux Klan
c. Democratic Party
d. NAACP

Question 2
In which main civil rights city did the
March on Washington occur?
a. New York City, NY
b. Nashville, TN
c. Selma, AL
d. Jacksonville, FL

Question 3
What supreme court ruling had to deal
with segregation within school in the
1950s?
a. Brown vs. Board of Education
b. Plessy vs. Ferguson
c. Dred Scott vs. Sanford
d. NAACP vs. Alabama

Question 4
What Law has passed in 1965 that allowed
African Americans to register to vote?

Answer

Question 5
In
,protestors
participated in the March on Washington.

Answer

Question 6
What was the organization that Martin
Luther King Jr. founded and ran during the
civil rights movement?

Answer

Question 7
Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in 1968,
exactly one year after he gave a speech
on:
a. The Vietnam War
b. Freedom
c. School Integration
d. Fair Housing

Question 8
Which of the following was the overall goal
of the Civil Rights Movement?
a. Integration
b. Full access to all bus seats
c. Equality, empowerment, and
democracy
d. 40 acres and more

Question 9
What amendment to the constitution
guarantees due process and equal
protection rights to everyone?
a. 14th Amendment
b. 21st Amendment
c. 5th Amendment
d. 25th Amendment

Question 10
The arrest of _______ ________ triggered to
boycott of the Montgomery bus system in
Alabama.

Answer

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Answer 1

Klu Klux
Klan
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Answer 2

Selma, Alabama

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Answer 3

Brown vs. Board of

Education
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Answer 4

Voting Rights Act of

1964

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Answer 5

Washington D.C.

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Answer 6

SCLC- Southern
Christian Leadership
Committee
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Answer 7

Freedom

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Answer 8
c. Equality, Empowerment,
and Democracy

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Answer 9

a. 14th Amendment

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Answer 10

Rosa Parks

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Congratulations on finishing
this section of the Civil Rights
Movement!