Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Who was a prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement?

• Rosa Parks

• Abraham Lincoln

• Christopher Columbus

• Thomas Jefferson

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish?

• Ended slavery

• Guaranteed voting rights for all citizens

• Ended segregation in schools

• Established Native American reservations

What was the name of the Supreme Court case that ended segregation in public schools?

• Roe v. Wade

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Miranda v. Arizona

Who was the civil rights leader known for his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Jesse Jackson

• Barack Obama

What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• A protest against segregation on buses led by Rosa Parks

• A boycott of grocery stores in protest of high prices

• A protest against child labor in factories

• A march for women's suffrage

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Movement?

• To end segregation and discrimination against African Americans

• To establish a new political party

• To promote slavery

• To expand colonization

What was the purpose of the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965?

• To protest against the Vietnam War

• To demand voting rights for African Americans

• To advocate for LGBTQ+ rights

• To promote women's suffrage

What was the name of the civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

• Rosa Parks

• Coretta Scott King

• Harriet Tubman

• Fannie Lou Hamer

The ______________ ruled that ______________ in public school is unconstitutional.

• Supreme Court; segregation

• injustice; boycott

• Supreme Court; injustice

• overturn; controversial

Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a ______________ of the Montgomery Bus Line to draw attention to the ______________ of the bus system.

• boycott; overturn

• boycott; injustice

• predjudice; discrimination

• segregation; injustice