Civil Rights

Choose 2 important facts about Martin Luther King Jr.

• He refused to give up his seat on a bus.

• He led the March on Washington.

• He gave a famous speech called "I Have a Dream."

• He ended slavery.

What was the name of John F. Kennedy's brother, who was shot while running for President?

• Billy Joe Bob Kennedy

• Jason Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

• Martin Luther King

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

• Thurgood Marshall

What were the laws called that enforced segregration, claiming it was "separate, but equal?"

• Jim Crow Laws

• Literacy Test Laws

• Poll Tax Laws

• Separation Laws

What was the name of the court case where a family sued a school district because their daughter, Linda, could not attend a school due to her skin color?

• Bridges vs. Board of Education

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Integration vs. Board of Education

• Marshall vs. Board of Education

Which bill was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson to ban segregation from all public places?

• 24th Amedment

• Civil Rights Act

• Jim Crow Laws

• Voting Rights Act

What was it called when for 13 months African Americans did not ride buses?

• Alabama Bus Boycott

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• No Bus Boycott

• Rosa Parks Bus Boycott

Which Act banned literacy tests as a condition for voting?

• Civil Rights Act

• Equality of the People Act

• Reading & Writing Act

• Voting Rights Act

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in the power of what?

• nonviolent protests

• segregation

• violent protests

• war

Who were the Little Rock 9?

• the 9 African Americans who boycotted the buses

• the 9 African Americans who built a school in Little Rock

• the 9 African Americans who signed the Civil Rights Act

• the 9 African Americans who first integrated a high school in Little Rock