Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Who was arrested for violating the above city code of Montgomery, Alabama?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Jesse Jackson

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

What was segregation?

• The separation of people based on race

• The integration of schools

• The equal treatment of all races

• The abolition of slavery

What was the significance of Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?

• It resolved the issue raised by Rosa Parks.

• It overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and legally required schools to desegregate.

• Fifteen teachers who had been arrested in Topeka, Kansas for protesting discriminatory hiring practices were released from jail.

• The University of Kansas was required to refund the tuition of over one hundred white students who did not want to attend school with Black students.

What event is President Eisenhower addressing in the above excerpt?

• Riots in Little Rock, Arkansas in response to school desegregation.

• The Little Rock Bus Boycott, which was inspired by events in Montgomery, Alabama.

• Riots that occurred in Little Rock when the Freedom Riders arrived in the city.

• Violent public reaction to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Which of the following was NOT true of the Jim Crow Era?

• It began after Reconstruction.

• It ended with American victory in World War II.

• State and local laws enforced racial segregation in the South.

• Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement worked hard to end it.

Who is MOST LIKELY to have made the above statement?

• Richard Nixon

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Ho Chi Minh

The table above best describes the - ?

• Freedom Riders

• Black Panthers

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Based on your knowledge from the unit and your study of the details in the photograph above, where did this incident occur?

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Little Rock, Arkansas

• Topeka, Kansas

Define discrimination.

• Treating people differently based on their abilities

• Treating people differently based on their race, gender, or other characteristics

• Treating people equally regardless of their background

• Treating people differently based on their preferences

How did the murder of Emmett Till galvanize (inspire into action) the Civil Rights Movement?

• 
  He was the first person to be killed by a white man.

• He had been tortured so badly that his killers were freed

• He was the first black teen to be killed in Mississippi

• 
  His funeral had been public and showed the brutality of racism.