Civil Rights Quiz

What is the name of the Supreme Court case which ruled separate but equal, segregation, was acceptable?

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Marbury v. Madison
• Roe v. Wade
• Brown v. Board of Education

What is the name of the organization which fights for equality which was led at one time by Charles Houston and Thurgood Marshall?

• NAACP
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• Black Lives Matter
• ACLU

Which piece of legislation gave the government more power in enforcing integration and voting rights?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Equal Rights Amendment
• Jim Crow Laws
• Voting Rights Act of 1957

What is the name of the Supreme Court case which the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that segregation in schools was unconstitutional and must be ended?

• Marbury v. Madison
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade

Who is the famous Civil Rights activist who was considered the leader and wanted to get change through non-violence protests?

• Malcolm X
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Nelson Mandela

What does SCLC stand for?

• Southern Civil Liberties Coalition
• Southern Conference for Leadership and Change
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Southern Christian Leadership Council

What piece of legislation led to the ending of housing discrimination?

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• Equal Housing Opportunity Act
• Housing Discrimination Act
• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Who is the famous Civil Rights activist that refused to move from their bus seat and led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Malcolm X
• Harriet Tubman

What is the name of the group who was made up predominantly of college students who protested the treatment of African Americans and other issues?

• Ku Klux Klan
• NAACP
• Black Panthers
• SNCC

What is the name of the group who purposefully rode buses to test integration laws and see if they were being enforced?

• Civil Rights Activists
• Freedom Riders
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• Little Rock 9