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Fill-in-the-blank worksheet on American civil rights with a word bank including segregation, boycott, and Jim Crow laws.
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Civil Rights in America

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This printable fill-in-the-blank worksheet covers the history of civil rights in America, from slavery through the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s–60s to present-day activism. Students complete a historical passage with 21 vocabulary terms including segregation, boycott, activism, and Black Lives Matter. Suitable for adult learners studying American history, ESL students, or classroom review of civil rights concepts.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
History
Grade Level:
Adult Education
Updated September 2025

Word Bank

  • activist
  • Africa
  • Black
  • Black Lives Matter
  • boycott
  • Civil
  • Civil Rights
  • communities
  • Crow
  • discrimination
  • Jim
  • Jim Crow
  • killed
  • Lives
  • Matter
  • people
  • racism
  • Rights
  • segregation
  • slavery
  • speeches

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