Civil Rights Movement Review Quiz

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

• Segregation Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

• Separation Laws

• Separate but Equal Laws

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• It made Jim Crow Laws illegal

• It allowed African Americans to run for political office

• It ended segregation in school

• It made poll taxes illegal

What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Segregation in public schools became illegal

• African-Americans began playing professional sports

• Rose Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus

• MLK led a March on Washington

What does segregation mean?

• The legal separation based on age

• The legal separation based on income

• The legal separation based on race

What was the significance of sending federal troops to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas ins 1957?

• It led to a federal takeover of many Southern public schools

• It strengthened control of education by state governments

• It was the first time martial law had been declared in the United States

• It showed that the government would enforce court decisions on integration

Which Civil Rights leader also became the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

True or False? The Montgomery Buss Boycott was effective because most people who rode the bus were black, and the bus company lost too much money once people boycotted.

• True

• False

Which civil rights leader promoted black independence, self defense, and human rights.

• Martin Luther King

• Medgar Evers

• Malcom X

• Eldrige Cleaver

What kind of marches did Martin Luther King Jr. lead?

• large

• mad

• nonviolent

• violent

To peacefully protest by refusing to leave a place

• March

• Riot

• Sit-in

• Dance-off