The Civil Rights Movement

Emmett Till was

• a civil rights leader

• a teen who was murdered due to racism

• the leader of the NAACP

• a freedom rider

The woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man was:

• Diane Nash

• Ruby Bridges

• Melba Pattillo

• Rosa Parks

The purpose of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was to:

• End bus segregation

• integrate the schools

• allow African Americans to eat in white esablisments

• all of the answers

The leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was

• ED Nixon

• Medger Evers

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Which of the following did NOT happen during the Birmingham campaign?

• MLK Jr. was assassinated

• MLK Jr was sent to jail

• African Americans marched for equal rights

• The treatment of African Americans caught national attention

The Greensboro Sit ins were:

• when buses travelled from state to state to protest against segregation

• Marches in Washington to gain voting rights

• When African Americans refused to ride buses to protest segregation

• When African Americans sat in a white only restaurant to protest segregation

The Freedom Riders faced the following:

• mistreatment by the police

• attacks by the KKK

• jail time due to their protests

• all of the answers

Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech during

• The Birmingham campaign

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

• Selma March

An example of backlash that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement was:

• the assassinations of key Civil Rights leaders

• the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The integration of schools

• all of the above

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 states:

• segregation in public places is banned

• you cannot discriminate based on religion

• discrimination is illegal

• all of the answers