Civil Rights Movement Questions

Which Supreme Court decision stated that segregation was legal in the south with the phrase “separate but equal”?

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

The refusal of which person to give up his/her seat led to the bus boycott of Montgomery?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

• Gloria Steinem

Which president signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Lyndon Johnson

• John Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight Eisenhower

This NAACP lawyer involved with the Brown v. Board of Education decision later became the first African American Supreme Court justice.

• John Marshall

• Clarence Thomas

• Bobby Seale

• Thurgood Marshall

Which of the following Civil Rights figures wrote the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm X

Which of the following is a belief of Martin Luther King Jr.?

• violent and militant protests

• segregation of the races

• nonviolent peaceful protests

• taking what you want with force

What did the Supreme Court decide with their ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?

• the government could not force the states to integrate

• discrimination in employment was unconstitutional

• segregation in public schools was constitutional

• segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

What was a highlight of the March on Washington D.C.?

• President Johnson’s “Great Society” speech

• Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a Dream speech

• President Kennedy’s “New Frontier” speech

• Stokely Carmichael’s “Black Power” speech

The "Little Rock Nine" are famous for having done what?

• Beginning the sit-in movement of lunch counters

• Desegregating a school in Arkansas

• Bombing a church in Birmingham

• A speech they gave at Lincoln's memorial

What did President Johnson do in response to the violence in Selma, Alabama?

• Had hundreds of Alabama state troopers arrested

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• Had Dr. King arrested for disturbing the peace

• Removed the governor of Alabama

• Ordered the National Guard to protect marchers