Civil Rights Movement - 5th Grade

Who gave the infamous "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Barack Obama

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Martin Luther

• Thurgood Marshall

What court case ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional?

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Scott vs. Sandford

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Brown vs. BOE

Who refused to give up their bus seat for a white man on the Montgomery bus?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Coretta Scott King

What did the NAACP do to Montgomery busses?

• boycotted them

• marched in the streets

• poured sugar in the gas tanks

• attacked bus drivers

What occurred when African Americans refused to leave white-only restaurants until they were served?

• lunch counter sit-ins

• violent attacks

• lunch marches

• a tally was taken

Who fought for Linda Brown in the Brown vs. BOE court case?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Rosa Parks

The main goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to:

• restrict immigration

• create violence between African Americans and Whites

• end segregation

• create a separate country for African Americans

What was the name given to segregation laws?

• Montgomery Laws

• Freedom Laws

• White Codes

• Jim Crow Laws

Martin Luther King Jr. led the

• Violent Protests

• Brown vs. BOE court case

• March on Washington

• lunch counter sit-ins

When African Americans rode busses throughout the south to test desegregation laws its was called

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Rides

• sit-ins

• The March on Washington