Civil Rights Quiz

What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• African-Americans began playing profession sports
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
• MLK led a March on Washington

Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting
• Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting
• African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
• Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat

True or False? The Montgomery Bus Boycott was effective because most people who rode the bus were black, and the bus company lost too much money once people boycotted.

• True

• False

What kind of marches did Martin Luther King Jr. lead?

• large

• mad

• nonviolent

• violent

The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?

• Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north

• to protest racial segregation throughout the south

• to promote membership in the KKK

• to gain support for the Vietnam war

Which supreme court case ruled that separation is okay so long as it is equal? 

• Plessy V. Ferguson
• Dred Scott v. Sanford
• Marbury v. Madison
• Miranda v. Arizona

During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Little Rock Nine

• Atomic Bombs

• Flying Tigers

Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

• Sweatt V. Painter

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Plessy V. Ferguson

• Hernandez V. Texas

This Amendment made African Americans citizens guaranteed equal protection under the law -

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through...

• violence and riots.
• the political system.
• education.
• nonviolent passive resistance.