Cold War and Civil Rights Quiz

Which two important civil rights leaders were assassinated?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Ben Franklin

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

Voting Rights Act of _____ is the law making it illegal to restrict voting rights based on race, religion, and skin color.

• 1987

• 1965

• 1963

• 1960

The _____________ was when the United States found Nuclear Missiles in Cuba and demanded that they be taken down. A blockade was formed around Cuba until the missiles were removed.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cuban Affair

• Missile Mission Project

• Cuba Catastrophe

The Civil Rights Act of ___________ is the law which makes segregation illegal in public places.

• 1965

• 1694

• 1964

• 1994

The Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in schools was....

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marshall v. Marbury

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Thurgood v. Marshall

Why are the Clinton Twelve famous?

• They started a band

• They didn't want to go to school.

• They were the students who integrated the first public school in Tennessee.

• They were a part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Which event had the Supreme Court outlaw segregation on public transportation?

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Riders

• Chattanooga Bus Boycott

• Rosa Parks

What was unique about the Highlander Folk School during the Civil Rights Era?

• It was in the mountains

• It was only for African Americans.

• It was for people to hide away.

• It was for black and white people to learn how to peacefully protest.

Which of the three grand divisions do we live in?

• East

• West

• Middle

What major city is in West Tennessee?

• Knoxville

• Chattanooga

• Nashville

• Memphis