The Civil Rights Movement Takes Shape Quiz

Why was Brown v. Board of Education such a landmark case?

• It said that segregation was illegal.

• It supported the ideas of Plessy v. Ferguson.

• It gave the NAACP more credibility and power.

• It required separate schools to be built for different races.

Why was Rosa Parks arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955?

• She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger.

• She refused to ride the bus and caused the ridership to decrease.

• She refused to participate in the carpool system that was organized.

• She refused to allow the bus drivers to send empty buses along the city streets.

​ ​ (a)   organized the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

• Jo Ann Robinson
• Malcolm X
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King Jr. 

Why was the sit-in an example of something inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s teachings?

• It was nonviolent.

• It involved a boycott.

• It included a picket line.

• It required legislation to change.

Select the answer choice from the drop-down list to complete the sentence correctly. In 1960 a sit-in demonstration took place at a lunch counter in a​ ​ (a)   department store.

• Greensboro
• Little Rock
• Birmingham 
• Atlanta 

Why was the “separate-but-equal” doctrine ineffective in education?

• State and local governments often did not provide equal funding to the black schools.

• Blacks and whites had equal educational opportunities.

• Blacks had better educational opportunities than whites.

White citizens continued to use​ (a)   to keep black citizens from voting or standing up for their rights.

• unfair laws, fear, and violence
• fair laws, courage, and support
• political machines 

The NAACP attorneys​ (a)   , who went went on to become a Supreme Court Justice, and​ (b)   led the courtroom battles against segregation.

• Thurgood Marshall
• Jack Greenberg
• Martin Luther King
• Rosa Parks 

​ (a)   allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School.

• Little Rock Nine
• Awesome 9
• 4 little girls in Birmingham 

In the​ (a)   , thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses. Some white residents supported the boycott as well. Bus ridership fell by​ (b)   percent.

• Montgomery bus boycott
• 70
• I have a dream speech
• 50
• March on Washington 
• 60