Civil Rights Quiz

1. Bringing together people of different races or ethnic groups is the definition of

• segregation
• integration

2. The non-violent opposition to a government policy or law by refusing to comply with it is the definition of

• civil disobedience
• civil rights movement

3. An example of non-violent opposition is

• a riot
• a sit-in

4. Civil disobedience was the tactic supported by which Civil Rights Leader?

• Malcolm X
• Martin Luther King, Jr

5. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 1960's started with the actions of which person?

• Rosa Parks
• Malcolm X

6. The Supreme Court case, Brown vs Board of Education in 1954 led to schools being

• segregated
• integrated

7. The Plessy vs Ferguson Supreme Court ruling was overturned (canceled) by

• The March on Washington
• Brown vs. Board of Education

8. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, this led to

• Mongomery Bus Boycott
• Birmingham Marches

9. The group known for being the first black students to attend Central High School were called

• Freedom Riders
• Little Rock Nine

10. In southern states, how were these Civil Rights protesters often treated?

• protesters were met with threats, violence, arrest
• protesters were accepted for exercising their constitutional rights