Civil Rights Movement Quiz

What term is used to describe segregation that is enforced by law, as mentioned in the text?

• de facto segregation

• de jure segregation

• Jim Crow segregation

• National segregation

Which organization turned to the federal courts to end segregation in public schools?

• The Supreme Court

• The NAACP

• The SNCC

• The Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Who was the African American lawyer that was part of the legal team challenging segregation in public schools and later became a Supreme Court Justice?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Earl Warren

• James Meredith

What was the name of the Supreme Court decision that declared the idea of "separate but equal" was wrong?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Rides

What action did Rosa Parks take that led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• She refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

• She organized a march.

• She delivered a speech.

• She led a sit-in.

What was the result of the sit-in movement that began at a restaurant in North Carolina?

• It led to sit-ins across the nation.

• It resulted in immediate desegregation of the restaurant.

• It was declared illegal by the Supreme Court.

• It caused the restaurant to close down.

Which organization was created as a result of the grassroots movement for civil rights and was involved in the sit-in movement?

• The NAACP

• The SNCC

• The Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• The Supreme Court

What did the Supreme Court rule about segregation on interstate buses?

• It was legal.

• It was illegal.

• It was up to the states to decide.

• It required federal intervention.

What event in 1963 led to over 200,000 Americans gathering in Washington, D.C.?

• The assassination of John F. Kennedy

• The Freedom Summer

• The March on Washington

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Who became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy?

• Malcolm X

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Stokely Carmichael