Civil Rights Quiz

 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

• Harriet B. Stowe
• Rosa Parks
• Michelle Obama
• Coretta King

Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:

• Allow children to work long hours in factories
• Segregate schools based on people’s skin color
• Pay black people less than white people for similar work
• Return an escaped slave to his/her master  

Thurgood Marshall was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement because: 

• b. He was the first African American to be appointed Supreme Court Justice
• a.  He was the lawyer of Linda Brown during Brown vs. Board of Education case
• He spoke during the march on Washington
• a.  Both A and B

How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?

• It gave free transportation to African Americans
• It segregated buses in America
•  It made Rosa Parks lots of money
• It helped de-segregate buses in America

 Martin Luther King Jr believed in

• Violent protests
• Really loud protests
• Non-violent protests
• Violence  when needed protests

This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender,  or religion. 

• Voting Rights Act
• Civil Rights Act
• 15th  Amendment
• Civil Rights Movement

How did newspapers and media play a role in the Civil Rights Movement?

• They showed how great Jim Crow laws were
• They showed how unfair Jim Crow laws were and helped convince people to join the Civil Rights Movement
•  They made a lot of money following Martin Luther King Jr. 
• All of the above

How might the Civil Rights Act have empowered African American citizens?

• a.  The Act essentially disenfranchised African Americans, enforced strict segregation through "Jim Crow" laws, and condoned violence from white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
• b. The Act allowed African American citizens to go to public places as they pleased and obtained employment at places in which they might have been previously discriminated against.
• c.  The Act prohibited literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices, which allowed African American citizens to vote and choose who might represent the in office.
• d.  The Act banned discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of property, so African American citizens could obtain the same level of property as other citizens.

The Black Panthers believed in all of the following EXCEPT

• nonviolence
• Black Power
• black nationalism
• community development

What religion did Malcolm X join while in prison?

• Christians

• Monks

• Nation of Islam

• None of the above