Montgomery Bus Boycott Quiz

Civil Rights Movement Begins

What action did Rosa Parks take that led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• She organized a protest outside the bus company.

• She refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

• She wrote articles against bus segregation.

• She petitioned the local government.

Civil Rights Movement Begins

Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Malcolm X

• Frederick Douglass

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Booker T. Washington

Civil Rights Movement Begins

What was the outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956?

• The boycott was declared illegal.

• Rosa Parks was elected to Congress.

• The Supreme Court outlawed bus segregation.

• Bus fares were reduced.

Civil Rights Movement Begins

Who became a major leader of the Civil Rights Movement following the events in Montgomery?

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King

• Frederick Douglass

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What inspired the non-violent resistance approach used in the Civil Rights Movement?

• Nelson Mandela

• Gandhi

• Che Guevara

• Winston Churchill

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Which philosophy influenced the Civil Disobedience tactics in the Civil Rights Movement?

• Marxism

• Existentialism

• Utilitarianism

• Thoreau's philosophy

Civil Rights Movement Begins

Who inspired the massive demonstrations during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• A. Phillip Randolph

• Marcus Garvey

Civil Rights Movement Begins

Where was the SNCC founded?

• Howard University in Washington, D.C.

• Shaw University in Raleigh

• Morehouse College in Atlanta

• Spelman College in Atlanta

Civil Rights Movement Peaks

What year did the sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro take place, involving four African-American students from NC A&T?

• 1958

• 1960

• 1962

• 1964

Civil Rights Movement Peaks

Which organization's sit-ins spread to 48 cities nationwide following the initial sit-in at Greensboro?

• NAACP

• SNCC

• CORE

• SCLC