Click on the underlined word in each sentence to find the answer to the question. Write your answers on the sheet provided by your teacher.
1. On what date was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
2. Why was Dr. Martin Luther King famous?
3. Why was Dr. King arrested in June 1964?
4. What well-known speech did Dr. King deliver in 1963 during the March on
Washington?
5. What prize did Martin Luther King Jr. win in 1964?
What did he promise to use the money for?
6. On what date was Martin Luther king Jr. assassinated?
7. Whose arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 and 1956?
8. Give three facts about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
9. Which 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision established that school segregation is
unconstitutional?
10. In 1964, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. What did this act say?
11. When was Dr. Martin Luther King Day declared a national holiday?
12. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was assassinated when he was just 39 years old. How do you think the world might be different today if dr. King was still alive?