Civil Rights Movement Quiz

When did the civil rights movement mainly take place?

• 1970s and 1980s

• 1950s and 1960s

• 1930s and 1940s

• 1990s and 2000s

What did the 14th Amendment to the Constitution give Black people?

• Right to free speech

• Right to own property

• Equal protection under the law

• Right to vote

In which case did the United States Supreme Court make segregation illegal in public schools?

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

What did President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802 do?

• Ended discrimination in the military

• Opened national defense jobs to all Americans

• Ended segregation in public schools

• Granted Black people the right to vote

Who became the 'mother of the modern-day civil rights movement'?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Stokely Carmichael

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

What was the name of the group of Black and white activists who protested segregated bus terminals?

• Civil Rights Activists

• Equality Riders

• Freedom Fighters

• Freedom Riders

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 allow federal prosecution for?

• Segregation in public schools

• Voter fraud

• Racial tensions in the South

• Discrimination in the military

What did the sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina lead to?

• Integration of public schools

• Formation of the SNCC

• End of segregation in public facilities

• Boycott of segregated lunch counters

What did the U.S. Supreme Court declare in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Black people had the right to vote

• Segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

• Facilities for Black and white people could be 'separate but equal'

• Voter fraud was illegal

What did President Harry Truman initiate during the Cold War?

• Discrimination in public facilities

• Civil rights agenda

• Segregation in the military

• Voter literacy tests