Civil Rights Movement

 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?

• Freedom Rides
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• March from  Selma to Montgomery

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

This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting. 

• Civil Rights Act
• Voting Rights Act
• Civil Rights Movement
• 24th Amendment

During the 1950s, which of the following technologies became the most dominant form of mass media?

• radio

• television

• computers

• newspapers

Which important leader from the 1960s was assassinated in 1968 while running for president?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Robert F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?

• He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.

• He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.

• He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.

• He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.

Which of these is best described in the list above?

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Civil Rights Act

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

Which important figure of the 1960s is described above?

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Robert F. Kennedy

• John F. Kennedy

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

The policy of "separate but equal" was used to

• increase the number of political parties.

• justify the practice of legal racial segregation.

• prevent the passage of unfair laws.

• halt the creation of independent school districts.

The local government’s first response to the Birmingham protests was to

• agree to change the laws quickly

• make it illegal to carry protest signs on the street.

• join in the protests and fight for change.

• arrest protesters and send them to jail.