Civil Rights Test Review

What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

• Segregation of public schools became illegal
• African Americans began to play professional sports
• Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus

The March on Washington was most famous because . . .

• it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
• 200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
• the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
• Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement

What is the keeping of white and black people separate called?

• Segregation

• Seperation

• Keeping Apart

• Division

Which of the following were examples of places that were segregated during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Busses

• Restrooms/Water Fountains

• Houses

• All of the above

In Brown V. BOE, what did the court rule about school segregation?

• That it was alright as long as the facilities were equal.

• That it was unconstitutional.

• That it was wrong, but you could still do it if you wanted.

• That it was perfectly fine.

Which important Civil Rights figure refused to give up his/her spot on the bus after a long day of work?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

After Rosa Parks was arrested, who led the protest to boycott busses called the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

• John F. Kennedy

Martin Luther King Jr. believed that African Americans could gain their rights by protesting against unfair laws in what way?

• Violently

• By fighting

• With a Civil War

• Peacefully

What was the 1963 march led by Martin Luther King Jr. in which more than 250,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. called?

• March on DC

• March on Washington

• Marching Orders

• Trail through Washington

What is the name of MLK's most famous speech?

• I Can See it Now

• I Have a Plan

• I Have a Dream

• Dreams