The Civil Rights Movement - Reading A Timeline History Worksheet With Answer Key
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20Reading a Timeline
Name:
Use the timeline to answer the questions.
A n s w e r s
The Civil Rights Movement
A
1.
Civil Rights Act is passed
U.S. Supreme court bans
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers
giving black citizens
segregation on Public
his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech in
10
2.
equal treatment.
Transit (i.e. subways).
Washington D.C.
1875
1946
1963
1909
3.
1850
1900
1950
2000
1946
4.
150
5.
Thirteenth Amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson say
NAACP is founded in
Rosa Park Refuses to give
Martin Luther King Jr. is
to constitution
that segregation is
New York and led by
up her seat on a bus in
assassinated
abolishes Slavery
constitutional
W.E.B. Du Bois
Alabama
1896
1968
6.
1865
1896
1909
1955
1875
7.
1) Which happened earlier? A. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat or B. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his speech
A
No
2) How many years after slavery was abolished was the civil rights act passed?
10
8.
3) What year was the NAACP founded?
1909
Use Line
9.
4) What year was segregation banned on Public Transits?
1946
Use Line
10.
5) What is the span (number of years shown) of this timeline?
150
6) What year was segregation made constitutional?
1896
7) What year was the Civil Rights Act passed?
1875
8) Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. Could this event be shown on this timeline? (Yes / No)
9) What event happened in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated
10) Who delivered the speech 'I have a Dream'?
Martin Luther King Jr.
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