Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Who was the first African American student to be integrated into Central High School in Arkansas after being denied entry by Governor Faubus?

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Little Rock Nine

• Freedom Riders

Which Supreme Court case claimed that segregated schools denied black children an equal educational opportunity and overturned a previous ruling legalizing segregation?

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Brown v. Board of Education (1960)

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Disobedience

Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement who supported using civil disobedience to protest unjust laws?

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Orval Faubus

• President Eisenhower

Which group of African American college students sat at "Whites Only" lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served to protest against segregation?

• Freedom Riders

• Greensboro Four

• Little Rock Nine

• Civil Disobedience

Which Supreme Court case legalized segregation through the "separate but equal" ruling?

• Brown v. Board of Education (1960)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Disobedience

Who was the civil rights activist best known for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white rider in Alabama and was arrested?

• Rosa Parks

• Little Rock Nine

• Freedom Riders

• Greensboro Four

Who sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to escort African American students into the newly-desegregated High School?

• Orval Faubus

• President Eisenhower

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Rosa Parks

Nonviolent protest of unjust laws; supported by MLK, Jr.

• Passive resistance
• Peaceful protest
• Rebellion
• Civil disobedience