Civil Rights Movement Test

Who was president during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

Which law ended segregation in public places?

• Brown v Board of Education decision

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Emancipation Proclamation

When was Dr. King assassinated?

• 1950

• 1954

• 1960

• 1968

Where did many of the most famous events of the Civil Rights Movement occur?

• Northeast

• Midwest

• South/Southeast

• West

The Civil Rights Movement used ____________________ to achieve its goals.

• violence

• hatred

• money

• non-violence

Who was the leader from India who inspired Dr. King with his ideas about peace and non-violence?

• Malcolm X

• Gandhi

• Muhammad Ali

What lawyer decided to challenge the idea of "separate but equal"?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Malcolm X
• Thurgood Marshall
• Dwight Eisenhower

The NAACP worked to end

• boycotting
• segregation
• integration
• civil rights

What did the arrest of Rosa Parks lead to?

• school integration
• boycott of city buses
• riots in Birmingham
• civil rights movement

Which Civil Rights leader helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

• Thurgood Marshall
• Rosa Parks
• The Little Rock Nine
• Martin Luther King, Jr