Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Civil rights group that used armed force to protest and protect themselves.

• Governor Orval Faubus

• Black Panthers

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Refused to move to the back of the bus and was arrested.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Governor Orval Faubus

• Rosa Parks

• Black Panthers

• Thurgood Marshall

Argued that there is no equality in segregated schools.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

• Black Panthers

Supreme Court ruled to desegregate schools.

• Black Panthers

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Governor Orval Faubus

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

Civil rights rally to peacefully protest ending discrimination of minorities.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Black Panthers

• Rosa Parks

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• March on Washington

Ordered the National Guard to prevent African American students from entering Little Rock High School.

• Black Panthers

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

• Governor Orval Faubus

• Lyndon B. Johnson

U.S. President that advanced the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Congress.

• Black Panthers

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Governor Orval Faubus

How did the Civil Rights Era improve life for African Americans, women, and other minorities? Select TWO correct answers.

• Employers could no longer discriminate against potential employees based on race and gender.

• Congress passed legislation forbidding the use of poll taxes to prevent people from voting.

How did the Civil Rights Era improve life for African Americans, women, and other minorities?  (select two)

• Employers could no longer discriminate against potential employees based on race and gender.   

• Legislation was passed requiring all African American men to enlist in the military in exchange for housing.           

• Congress passed legislation forbidding the use of poll taxes to prevent people from voting

• Decisions regarding the rights of minorities were left to the states under the Tenth Amendment

Little Rock, Arkansas was the location of a protest over the issue of -

 

• desegregation of schools

• U.S. involvement in the Korean War

• nuclear weapons in the United States

• voting rights for women