Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Who worked as a professor of English at Alabama State?

• Rosa Parks

• Claudette Colvin

• Jo Ann Robinson

• Martin Luther King Jr.

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What was the name given to the laws that enforced a system of white supremacy and discriminated against blacks?

• Segregation laws

• Jim Crow laws

• Discrimination laws

• Supremacy laws

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What was the name of the organization formed to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

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

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Women's Political Council (WPC)

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Who was the 15-year-old girl arrested for refusing to give up her seat months before Rosa Parks?

• Mary Louise Smith

• Claudette Colvin

• Aurelia Browder

• Susie McDonald

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Who was the president of the Women's Political Council (WPC) that helped organize the bus boycott?

• Rosa Parks

• Coretta Scott King

• Jo Ann Robinson

• Ella Baker

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Which 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that 'separate but equal' schools were unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Korematsu v. United States

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What alternative transportation method did boycotters primarily use?

• Carpools

• Bicycles

• Walking

• Taxis

Who was chosen as the spokesperson for the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• E.D. Nixon

• Ralph Abernathy

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Fred Gray

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What was the fine Rosa Parks was ordered to pay for violating the segregation law?

• $5

• $10

• $14

• $20

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Who said, "My feets is tired, but my soul is rested"?

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Mother Pollard

• E.D. Nixon

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