Civil Rights Review Quiz

What state was most of the Civil Rights Movement fought in?

• Georgia

• Florida

• Alabama

• New York

What was the punishment for protesting in Alabama?

• They would get shunned by the community

• Beating by Police Officers

• they would go to jail

• Jail time & pay high fines

When did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr go to jail? Why did he go to jail?

• April 1963 for leading the Good Friday March

• May 1963 For being Black in Alabama

• March 1963 For leading the Montogomery Bus Boycott

• June 1963 for doing a Sit-In at Stop & Shop

What were the Sit-Ins?

• An act of civil disobediance where students sat at Segregated Bus Stops

• An act of civil disobedience where students sat at Lunch Counters

• Attending a church meeting for the Civil Rights Movement

• The act of sitting in a state of meditation before protesting

What were the Freedom Rides?

• Integrating busses to travel from the South to the North to Protest Segregation

• Bus trips from the North to the South for Free

• Bus trips from the South to the North for free

• Integrating busses to travel from the North to the South to Protest Segregation

What does SNCC mean?

• Students Non Caring Coordination

• Super Neglient Crown Care

• Student Non Violent Coordinating Commitee

• Student Nonviolent Creation Corps

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion and national origin.

• prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

• Allows Jobs to have discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

• prohibits discrimination on criminal status

Who refused to give up their seat on the bus in 1955?

• Claudette Covin

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

• Rosa Parks

• John Lewis

In what year was the Voting Rights Act signed?

• 1962

• 1965

• 1963

• 1964

What was Bayard Rustin's contribution to the Civil Rights Movement? (Choose 2)

• He was an organizer that taught nonviolent tactics

• He was the chief organizer for the March on Washington

• He was the Chief organizer for the Montogomery Bus Boycott

• He fought for the rights of those of the LGBTQIA+ community in the 60s