Civil Rights Movement Quiz

What happened during Brown v. Board of Education?

• Literacy tests and poll taxes were banned.

• Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech.

• The Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal for schools to be segregated.

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Who refused give up a seat on a bus to a white man?

• Cesar Chavez

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Voting Rights Acts

Lyndon B. Johnson

• Lead a nationwide boycott of grapes.

• was Brown's lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education.

• was a civil rights leader.

• signed into law the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

The law that banned all literacy tests and poll taxes was called

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• March on Washington

Jim Crow laws

• made it illegal to segregate schools.

• prohibited discrimination based on color, race, or religion in public places.

• were passed in the south to segregate African Americans.

• banned all poll taxes that kept African American from voting.

Who was the civil rights leader who fought for equal rights for African Americans?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Cesar Chavez

• George Washington

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• is where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech.

• was a peaceful demonstration against segregation.

• were laws passed to segregate African Americans.

• was a protest where African Americans refused to ride the bus.

Cesar Chavez

• an African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.

• the Brown's lawyer in the Brown v. Board of Education.

• was a Latin American civil rights activist who cofounded United Farm Workers.

• the 36th president of the United States.

Because of this, it was illegal to discriminate against people of all races and genders when applying for a job.

• Civil Right Act

• Voting Rights Act

• March on Washington

• Jim Crow laws