Civil Right Quiz

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

• Guzman V. School

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Miranda V. Arizona

• Plessy V. Ferguson

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

• Dolores Huerta

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ceaser Chavez

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

• Sit-in

• Boycotts

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

State and local laws that enforced segregation in the American South

• Jim Crow

• Jimmy Johns

• Apartheid

• Integration

Which Supreme Court Case supported segregation and established "separate but equal"

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Carlson v. Merrow

• Plessy v. Ferguson

In what state did the Little Rock 9 break through segregation to go to school?

• Alabama

• Mississippi

• Arkansas

• Massachusetts

In what form of protest do people refuse to leave segregated restaurants?

• Sit ins

• Sit downs

• Boycotts

• Freedom Rides

Which Civil Rights leader was militant and is known for saying "Stop singing, start swinging"?

• MLK

• Malcolm X

• Jim Crow

• John Lewis

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

The Ku Klux Klan was a group that believed...

• in white supremacy
• in equality for all
• in black supremacy
• in southern supremacy