Civil Rights Movement Quiz

What period of years did the Civil Rights Movement take place?

• 2000s-2010s

• 1950s-1960s

• 1920s-1930s

• 1850s-1860s

Where was the bus boycott that lasted a year take place?

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Fairfax, Virgina

• Houston, Texas

• New York, New York

Who refused to give up their seat in the front of the bus?

What are Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that prohibited voting for women

• Laws that promoted racial equality
• Laws that enforced racial segregation

• Laws that encouraged interracial marriage

What region in the US had worst segregation laws?

What was the primary goal of the movement?

• Marriage rights

• Voting rights

• Desegregate schools/establishments

What happened at Little Rock, Arkansas?

• The Little Rock Nine won a basketball championship
• Little Rock, Arkansas became the capital of the United States
• The Little Rock Nine integrated into a mostly white school.

• Little Rock, Arkansas was hit by a hurricane

What Supreme Court case led schools to be integrated?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Davis v. Miller
• Johnson v. Smith
• Smith v. Jones

Who gave the "I Have A Dream" speech?

• Malcolm X
• Nelson Mandela
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Abraham Lincoln