Civil Rights Movement

What is it called when people are separated by race?

• Boycotting

• Suffrage

• Prohibition

• Civil Rights

• Segregation

Brown v. Board of Education of 1954 overturned which Supreme Court case of 1896?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Mapp v. Ohio

What were the activists of Selma campaigning for?

• Voting rights

• Immigration rights

• An end to segregation in public education

• The desegregation of public transportation

What kept black southerners from voting in 1965?

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests

• The risk of being fired or physically harmed

• All of the above

The first march from Selma to Montgomery on March 7th 1965 ended when

• President Johnson sent federal marshalls to block the marcher's route

• Alabama troopers attacked marchers with clubs, horses, tear gas and etc.

• Martin Luther jr King gave a speech at the Alabama state house pleading with marchers to retreat.

• None of the above

Where did the bus boycott take place?

• Atlanta Georgia

• Houston Texas

• Montgomery Alabama

• Selma Alabama

What was the name of the bridge that connected Selma to Montgomery

• Edmund Pettus Bridge

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Unity Bridge

• Ronald Reagan Bridge

The purpose of sit-ins is to protest segregation in.....

• restaurants

• buses

• bathrooms

• the northern states

The Civil Rights Act of 1964....

• outlawed segregation in all public settings

• improved voting rights for minorities

• allowed all people the right to public housing

• was created by southern politicians

How many people attended the March on Washington?

• Around 45.000 people

• Around 300.000 people

• Around 100.000 people

• Around 250.000 people