Civil Rights Review

The Civil Rights movement was a fight for...

• non-violence

• segregation

• equal rights

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Brown v. Board of Education ruled that...

• public schools must INTEGRATE

• private schools must INTEGRATE

• public schools must SEGREGATE

• private schools must SEGREGATE

After the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the US Supreme Court outlawed....

• integration on public transportation

• segregation on public transportation

• violence on public transportation

• fees on public transportation

During which demonstration did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Greensboro Sit-In

• Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia

Who was Linda Brown’s lawyer in the Brown vs. Board of Education trial?

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Thurgood Marshall

True or False? Ruby Bridges refused to give up a seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Rosa Parks refused to give up a seat on a bus!

True or False? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged others to use violent marches to fight for civil rights.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was inspired by Gandhi and his father to use non-violent methods to gain civil rights.

What was the law that prohibited discrimination based on race, gender, or religion?

• Civil Rights Act

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Jim Crow Laws

• Voting Rights Act

Which law banned literacy tests used in voting?

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

• Jim Crow Laws

• Brown vs. Board

Which case ruled that it was illegal for schools to be segregated?

• Voting v. Rights

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Jim v. Crow Laws

• Plessy v. Ferguson