Civil Rights Movement

What were the laws designed to keep white people and black people apart called?

• Segregation Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

• Seperation Laws

• Separate but Equal Laws

What is the keeping of white and black people separate called?

• Segregation

• Seperation

• Keeping Apart

• Division

Which court case involved the protest of a man named Oliver Brown for his daughter, Linda Brown, to be able to attend a white school that was much closer to her house than the black school?

• Brown V. Mississippi

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Brown V. All Schools

• Brown V. the South

Who was Linda Brown's lawyer?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Thurgood Marshall

In Brown V. BOE, what did the court rule about school segregation?

• That it was alright as long as the facilities were equal.

• That it was unconstitutional.

• That it was wrong, but you could still do it if you wanted.

• That it was perfectly fine.

Which important Civil Rights figure refused to give up his/her spot on the bus?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

After Rosa Parks was arrested, who led the protest to boycott busses called the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

• John F. Kennedy

What was the 1963 march led by Martin Luther King Jr. in which more than 250,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. called?

• March on DC

• March on Washington

• Marching Orders

• Trail through Washington

What is the name of MLK's most famous speech?

• I Can See it Now

• I Have a Plan

• I Have a Dream

• Dreams

The purpose of the Selma march was to campaign for...

• job rights for African Americans.
• voting rights for African Americans.
• new desegregation laws.
• voting rights for women.