Civil Rights Movement Quiz

The Civil Rights Movement was a push for racial equality that took place in the?

• 1910s – 1920s

• 1930s – 1940s

• 1950s – 1960s

• 1970s – 1980s

Look at the picture below. What event is it explaining?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Scott v. Sandford

• Bolling v. Sharpe

• Brown v. Board of Education

What was the result of Rosa Parks arrest in 1955?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Montgomery Riots

What were the Freedom Riders protesting?

• Desegregation of schools

• Detroit Riots

• Watts Riots

• Bus and interstate segregation

What did the NAACP work to end?

• Segregation

• Desegregation

• Equal Pay

• Minimum Wage

Read the quote above. This quote expresses the decision in…. “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Scott v. Sandford

• Bolling v. Sharpe

• Brown v. Board of Education

What event is depicted in the photo below? Is this event an example of a passive resistant activity?

What leader emphasized passive resistance against discrimination?

• Stokely Carmichael

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Huey Long

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had all of the following EXCEPT:

• Housing

• Hiring

• Parking

• Education

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous “I have a dream” Speech?

• Washington D.C.

• Birmingham

• Selma

• Chicago