Social Studies · US history: Civil rights
Civil Rights Movement Quiz
Brown v. Board, Rosa Parks, Dr. King and the laws that protected equal rights.
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What was the Civil Rights Movement mainly about?
- A Equal rights for African Americans
- B Settling the West
- C Exploring space
- D Building railroads
What does segregation mean?
- A Electing leaders
- B Bringing people together
- C Paying taxes
- D Keeping people apart by race
Which 1954 Supreme Court case ruled school segregation unconstitutional?
- A McCulloch v. Maryland
- B Marbury v. Madison
- C Plessy v. Ferguson
- D Brown v. Board of Education
Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955?
- A Harriet Tubman
- B Rosa Parks
- C Clara Barton
- D Sojourner Truth
What did people in Montgomery stop riding to protest unfair rules?
- A Trains
- B City buses
- C Boats
- D Bicycles
Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?
- A Frederick Douglass
- B Martin Luther King Jr.
- C Abraham Lincoln
- D Malcolm X
Where did Dr. King give the "I Have a Dream" speech?
- A At the Lincoln Memorial
- B In Montgomery
- C At the White House
- D In Atlanta's city hall
Dr. King believed in protesting in what way?
- A By hiding
- B With weapons
- C By leaving the country
- D Nonviolence
Which law in 1964 banned discrimination in public places and jobs?
- A Civil Rights Act
- B Stamp Act
- C Voting Rights Act
- D Homestead Act
Which 1965 law protected the right to vote?
- A Civil Rights Act of 1964
- B Social Security Act
- C Clean Air Act
- D Voting Rights Act
In 1960 students in Greensboro sat at a lunch counter to protest. This was a…
- A Strike
- B Boycott of buses
- C March on Washington
- D Sit-in
Who argued Brown v. Board and later became the first Black Supreme Court justice?
- A Thurgood Marshall
- B Martin Luther King Jr.
- C Booker T. Washington
- D John Lewis
Who became the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball in 1947?
- A Jackie Robinson
- B Jesse Owens
- C Joe Louis
- D Satchel Paige
What prize did Dr. King win in 1964?
- A Academy Award
- B Nobel Peace Prize
- C Olympic gold medal
- D Pulitzer Prize
In which month do we honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
- A February
- B January
- C November
- D July
Which 1965 march went from Selma to which Alabama city?
- A Montgomery
- B Mobile
- C Birmingham
- D Atlanta
Riders who tested bus segregation in the South in 1961 were called…
- A Minutemen
- B Rough Riders
- C Pony Express riders
- D Freedom Riders
Unfair laws that kept Black and white people apart in the South were called…
- A Bill of Rights
- B Homestead laws
- C Stamp laws
- D Jim Crow laws
Which group of students integrated Central High School in 1957?
- A The Greensboro Four
- B The Little Rock Nine
- C The Selma Six
- D The Freedom Riders
What does it mean to boycott?
- A Vote in an election
- B Build a new bus
- C Write a law
- D Refuse to buy something as a protest
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