United States History
Chapter 29 Worksheet
Civil Rights
NAME: ___________________________________________
Mrs. Madison
DATE:________________
Section 29-1: Taking on Segregation
Directions: As you read, answer questions about important events in the Civil Rights movement.
1.
How were the cases of Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka related?
2. How did President Eisenhower respond to the Little Rock school crisis?
3. How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin? What did it accomplish?
4. What was Martin Luther King Jr.’s approach to battling racial injustice?
5. How did the sit-in demonstrations throughout the South reflect Dr. King’s approach?
Section 29-2: The Triumphs of a Crusade
Directions: As you read, fill in the blank with the correct name, law, or event to complete each statement.
6. The ____________________ led to the banning of segregation in all interstate travel facilities.
7. The effort to register African Americans in the South to vote was known as _______________.
8. The ____________________________________ led President Kennedy to believe that only a
new civil rights act could end racial violence.
9. The ______________________________ prohibited discrimination based on gender, race,
religion, or national origin and outlawed segregation of public accommodations.
10. The ____________________ outlawed the poll tax, a measure used to keep African-Americans
from voting.
United States History
Chapter 29 Worksheet
Civil Rights
Mrs. Madison
11. The _____________________________________ prompted President Johnson to push for
swift passage of a voting rights act.
12. The _____________________________________ eliminated literacy tests as a requirement
for voting and helped to greatly increase the number of African American voters.
Section 29-3: Challenges and Changes in the Movement
Directions: Choose the best answer for each item. Write the letter of your answer in the blank.
____ 11. The civil rights leader who preached that blacks should separate from white society was
A. Martin Luther King, Jr.
B. James Meredith
C. Malcolm X
D. Fannie Lou Hamer
____ 12. The Kerner Commission blamed much of the rioting that plagued Northern cities during the mid1960s on
A. white racism
B. television violence
C. lax police policies
D. militant African Americans
____ 13. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 ended discrimination in
A. housing
B. schools
C. churches
D. restaurants
____ 14. The nation experienced the worst urban rioting in its history in the days following the
assassination of
A. John F. Kennedy
B. Robert F. Kennedy
C. Malcolm X
D. Martin Luther King, Jr.
____ 15. Civil Rights leaders criticized the fact that much of the money for President Johnson’s War on
Poverty had been redirected to help fund
A. the space program
B. the Vietnam War
C. medical research
D. expressway construction