Civil Rights Movement Quiz - PP2

What landmark decision in 1954 began the Civil Rights Movement?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education (BOE)

• Roe v. Wade

• Miranda v. Arizona

Until what year did civil rights leaders continue the fight for equality?

• 1960

• 1963

• 1965

• 1968

Despite the Brown v. BOE decision, what was the state of American society afterwards?

• Fully integrated

• Partially segregated

• Completely desegregated

• Remained segregated

What was considered the first "spark" of the movement mentioned in the text?

• A protest in Washington, D.C.

• The Brown decision

• A march in Selma, Alabama

• The signing of the Civil Rights Act

In which location did the second "spark" of the movement occur, as mentioned in the text?

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Money, Mississippi

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Montgomery, Alabama

What year did the second "spark" happen in Money, Mississippi?

• 1954

• 1955

• 1963

• 1965

What does the text suggest is important to have regarding our painful history?

• Ignorance

• Brief discussions

• Meaningful discussions

• No discussions

Who has approved the discussions about the painful history mentioned in the text?

• The students themselves

• The local government

• GCPS

• The federal government

What event in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• The introduction of a new Alabama law

• Rosa Parks' arrest for disobeying an Alabama law requiring segregation on city buses

• A speech by a civil rights leader

• The election of a new mayor in Montgomery

What led Martin Luther King Jr. to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957?

• The failure of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The formation of the NAACP

• The end of segregation