The Civil Rights Movement Review

The Civil Rights Movement peaked in this decade:

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1980s

Which of these were NOT part of the movement for equality during this time period?

• Latinos

• Homosexuals

• White males

• African Americans

• Native Americans

Most of the people who participated in the Civil Rights Movement were offspring of what generation?

• Baby boomers

• The WWII generation

• Millenials

• The Silent Generation

What did the group SCLC stand for?

• Southern Christians Leading other Christians

• The South Challenging Leadership Colleagues

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• The South Conference Leaders promoting Christianity

What did SNCC stand for?

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• Students Not taking Crap

• Student Nonviolent Caring Conference

• Students Not Coordinating Confident

What was a sit-in during the Civil Rights Movement?

• When African Americans sat on buses they weren't allowed to ride

• When students sat in the middle of the road, blocking traffic, to protest

• When African American activists peacefully sat in restaurants they weren't allowed to sit in

• When African Americans sat at college campuses and gave speeches on equality

What were the freedom rides during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Student activists sitting on buses they were technically not allowed to ride and riding throughout the South

• Activists peacefully sitting in restaurants they were prohibited to sit in

• Activists giving speeches at college campuses

• Activists standing in the streets to protest

What is most likely the most significant part of the March on Washington in 1963?

• Robert Kennedy gave a famous speech in the bed of a truck

• Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream" speech

• The police came and arrested over half of the 200,000 participants

• This marks the end of the Civil Rights Movement

President JFK was reluctant to actively help the Civil Rights Movement, while President Johnson was more willing and more successful.

• True

• False

When was the Civil Rights Act passed by Congress?

• 1963

• 1964

• 1965

• 1966