Civil Rights Movement Quizziz Practice

1. Which event is MLK, Jr. most known for?

• being President during the Civil Rights Movement.

• creating Jim Crow laws.

• not giving up his seat to a white man.

• March on Washington

2. MLK led a protest called the Montgomery Bus Boycott. They were protesting..

• blacks had to sit separately from whites on the bus.

• blacks paid more to ride the bus than whites.

• blacks could not ride the bus.

• blacks had to sit next to whites on the bus.

3. What did the court case Brown vs Board of Ed establish?

• Public schools could not segregate

• Segregation is not legal in theaters and hotels.

• Public buses could not discriminate.

• All-black schools must be equal to all-white schools.

4. The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• made everyone a citizen.

• only benefited women.

• allowed employers to hire only the people they liked.

• made sure that employers do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, or gender.

5. Which of the following was an effect of Rosa Parks' refusal to move to the back of the bus?

• the Freedom Rides

• the Montgomery Bus Boycott

• the Greensboro sit-in

• the Orangeburg Massacre

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

• Charlayne Hunter

• Rosa Parks

• Harriet Tubman

• Rebecca L. Felton

7. What caused everyone in America to know the violence happening in the south?

• Radio

• Bus Boycott

• March on Washington

• Television

8. Who did not get to see the Civil Rights Act passed?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

• Martin Luther King Jr.

9. Who worked to gain equal rights for farm worker in California?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Cesar Chevez

• Lyndon B. Johnson

10. This person's death sparked violence and riots throughout the country?

• John F. Kennedy

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Robert Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson