Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Brown v. Board of Education established....

• segregation of schools was Constitutional

• segregation of housing and schools was unconstitutional

• segregation of schools was constitutional so long as facilities were equal

• segregation of schools was unconstitutional

Nation of Islam advocate who later advocated peaceful protest?

• Bobby Seale

• Malcolm X

• John Lewis

• Huey Newton

The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?

• Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north

• to protest racial segregation throughout the south

• to promote membership in the KKK

• to gain support for the Vietnam war

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

• The law banned the use of civil lawyers in a court room

• Law that banned Civil Rights protests in Washington

• A play performed on Broadway about Martin Luther King Jr.

• This law banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion

Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

• Charlayne Hunter
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Rebecca L. Felton

What was the purpose of SNCC during the Civil Rights Era?

• kept whites in political power in the South

• coordinated students in the South to resist segregation laws

• provided militant leadership to fight racism

• surveyed Georgians regarding their feelings about segregation

What is segregation ?

• When you form a bad opinion about someone without even knowing them. Thinking bad things.

• When you treat people differently because of their race.

• When you separate people based on their race.

Which of these tactics did Martin Luther King Jr and SNCC use most effectively in their struggle to win equal rights for African Americans?

• Armed rebellion

• Affirmative action

• Nonviolent resistance

• Reverse discrimination

Which is an example of nonviolent protest?

• Burning down segregated facilities

• Not doing business with companies that enforce segregation

• Threatening to physically hurt supporters of segregation

• Fighting in the street with supporters of segregation

What did the14th amendment do for people?

• addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws
• gave people the right to vote
• made the rich pay taxes and not the poor