Civil Rights Test Practice

An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Coretta King
• Michelle Obama
• Rosa Parks

Who planned a nonviolent march in Washington D.C. to help convince Congress to pass the civil rights bill?

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Thurgood Marshall
• Huey Newton
• Frederick Douglass

The _____________ Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote, ratified in 1920

• Fourteenth
• Fifteenth
• Nineteenth
• Second

College students used ________ to protest against segregation in diners and at lunch counters.

• freedom rides
• death threats
• sit-ins
• speeches

Why is Jackie Robinson important to the Civil Rights Movement?

• He was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball League.
• He gave a famous speech called "I Have a Dream"
• He refused to give his seat to a white person
• He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice

What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr's famous speech that he gave at the March on Washington in 1963?

• "The Truth"
• "I Have a Dream"
• "The Future"
• "The Revolution"

Which type of protest did Martin Luther King NOT agree with during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Sit-Ins
• Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• Race Riots

What was the result of Brown vs the Board of Education court case in 1954?

• Segregation of public school became illegal
• African Americans began to play professional sports
• Martin Luther King Jr led the March on Washington
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus

Thurgood Marshall, the first Supreme Court Justice, became famous for which of the following?

• Assassinating John F. Kennedy
• Organizing the March on Washington
• Winning the court case of Brown vs the Board of Education
• Giving African Americans the right to vote

Who was a United States Senator that was assassinated while running for president in 1968?

• Robert F. Kennedy
• Lee Harvey Oswald
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Thurgood Marshall