Civil Rights Movement

What was the purpose of the Sit-Ins?

• to practice self-control

• to relax

• to peacefully protest segregated restaurants and force change

• to encourage the government to step in and change the housing laws

What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• The Montgomery Riot

• Rosa Park's arrest

• MLK's arrest

• The new law against foot travel

What event is being described below:

A father sued city of Topeka, KS because his daughter, could not attend the school closest to their home since she was black.

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Housen vs. Board of Education

• September court case

Fill in the blank:

When the Little Rock 9 tried to attend school at Central High School, ____________________ did not want them to and called the National Guard to stop them.

• The Governor

• The President

• The Mail Man

• The Mayor

The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted ______________.

• over 1 year

• 4 years and 7 months

• 6 months and 3 days

• 1 day

What's the formal name for breaking laws that were thought to be unjust in a peaceful way to get them changed?

• "No go" protest

• Rioting

• Nontraditional protest

• Civil Disobedience

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

• Guzman V. School

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Miranda V. Arizona

• Plessy V. Ferguson

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

• Dolores Huerta

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ceaser Chavez

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

• WAC

• HUAC

• NAACP

• SNCC

What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

• Great Migration

• Prohibition

• NAACP

• Harlem Renaissance