Civil Rights Movement Part I

Multiple Choice

Who was?

• Laura Brown

• Linda Brown

• Carol Brown

• Rosa Brown

Multiple Choice

Linda Brown was a third grader who lived in Topeka, ____________.

• Arkansas

• Florida

• Kansas

• Alabama

Multiple Choice

The school she was attending was far from her house, so she wanted to attend an all-____________ school that was closer.

• African American

• White

• Hispanic

Multiple Choice

What did the Supreme Court decide?

• Segregation in public schools ended by the Supreme Court.

• Segregation was constitutional or not illegal.

Multiple Choice

In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in a case called _____________ that segregation was constitutional or not illegal. The ruling allowed segregation if people of different racial groups were given “separate but equal” accommodations.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Tallahassee Inter-Civic Council

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Multiple Choice

Where did Rosa Parks live?

• Kansas

• Georgia

• Alabama

• Virginia

Multiple Choice

What was Rosa Parks most famous for?

• Being the first black student to attend a white elementary school in the South

• Refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man

• She was a nurse during the Civil War who founded the American Red Cross

• The first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Multiple Choice

What happened to Rosa when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?

• She was charged extra for the ride

• She was given a warning

• She was arrested

• She was banned from riding the bus

Multiple Choice

What did the people of Montgomery do to help support Rosa and to fight back?

• They rioted in the streets

• They destroyed most of the city buses

• They boycotted by refusing to ride the city buses

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?

• It gave free transportation to African Americans

• It segregated buses in America

•  It made Rosa Parks lots of money

• It helped de-segregate buses in America

Multiple Choice

Where did this event happen?

• Bentonville, Arkansas

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Little Rock, Arkansas

Multiple Choice

How many African American students who attended a segregated school were chosen to go to the school in 1957?

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 19

Multiple Choice

Why did the Little Rock Nine happen?

• The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson declared: "separate but equal."

• Because this school was closer to their homes.

• The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education supported the students' effort to enroll, which had declared segregated schooling unconstitutional.

Multiple Choice

What is a boycott?

• not buying goods or using services

• a march against political leaders

• speaking against an unfair law

• occupying a public space peacefuly