Civil Rights Movement Quiz

What was the original goal of the Albany Movement?

• Desegregating restaurants

• Desegregating schools

• Desegregating bus waiting rooms

• Desegregating movie theaters

Who was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963-66?

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John Lewis

• Malcolm X

Which civil rights leader was beaten by Alabama state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama protesting for voting rights?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John Lewis

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 effectively ban?

• Segregation in schools

• Right to assembly

• Racial discrimination in elections

• Freedom of speech

Where was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) headquartered?

• Washington D.C.

• New York City

• Atlanta

• Chicago

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 require states of the former Confederacy to submit to the US Justice Department for review?

• Election plans

• Tax plans

• Infrastructure plans

• Education plans

What did the Albany Movement try to desegregate?

• Public transportation

• Libraries

• Hospitals

• Parks

Who was a speaker at the 1963 March on Washington along with Martin Luther King Jr.?

• Harriet Tubman

• John Lewis

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ban?

• Segregation in public places

• Racial discrimination in elections

• Right to protest

• Right to assembly

What did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) seek to coordinate?

• Protests against voting rights

• Violent protests against segregation

• Youth-led nonviolent protests against segregation

• Protests against desegregation