Civil Rights quiz

This famous strategy means to use peaceful, passive resistance to get what you want

• armed resistance

• by any means necessary

• by no means necessary

• nonviolent protest

This word means to separate people by race

• segregation

• integration

• determination

• disintegration

This famous court case from the late 1800's stated that segregation was okay as long as it was "separate but equal"

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• The People vs. Martin Luther King

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Batman vs. Superman

Which of these were peaceful tactics used by civil rights protesters?

• riots

• sit-ins

• marches

• fist fights

• boycotts

 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

• Harriet B. Stowe
• Rosa Parks
• Michelle Obama
• Coretta King

 Martin Luther King Jr believed in

• Violent protests
• Really loud protests
• Non-violent protests
• Violence  when needed protests

How did newspapers and media play a role in the Civil Rights Movement?

• They showed how great Jim Crow laws were
• They showed how unfair Jim Crow laws were and helped convince people to join the Civil Rights Movement
•  They made a lot of money following Martin Luther King Jr. 
• All of the above

Where did Ruby Bridges live?

• Alabama

• New York

• New Orleans

• Atlanta

How old was Ruby when she started at her new school?

• 15

• 9

• 4

• 6

On February 1, 1960, four African-American students of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University asked to be served at a lunch counter inside the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth’s store. This protest in Greensboro began a wave of nonviolent protest against segregation in the United States. Was is the name for this important event?

• Greensboro Sit Ins

• March on Greensboro and Beyond

• March to Selma

• Greensboro Protests for better service at Woolworths

• The Marches against the Civil Rights Act of 1960