Civil Rights Background Info Quiz

What was the Supreme Court's decision in 1954 that declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional known as?

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Brown v. Board of Education decision

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

What event began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white person?

• Brown v. Board of Education decision

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

In which year did the sit-in movement begin, with African American college students peacefully protesting racial segregation at lunch counters?

• 1954

• 1955

• 1960

• 1963

Who delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

Which act was signed into law in 1964, prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?

• Brown v. Board of Education decision

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

What is racism?

• Treating people based on their religion

• Treating people equally regardless of their race

• Treating people unequally based on their race

• Treating people fairly based on their race

What is segregation?

• Treating people fairly based on their race

• Separating people based on their race

• Treating people unequally based on their race

• Treating people equally regardless of their race

What was the goal of the civil rights movement?

• To maintain racial prejudice and unfair treatment

• To break down the barriers of segregation and make the United States a more just and inclusive place for everyone

• To keep African Americans separate from white Americans

• To establish discriminatory voting practices

Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

• James Earl Ray

What year is historically considered the end of the civil rights movement?

• 1968

• 1960

• 1963

• 1954