Historical Context and Impact Quiz

What does this image show?

• segregation

• equal rights

• civil rights

• suffrage

How did this man change professional sports?

• He demanded special treatment from teammates and fans.

• He was the first African American player in an all-white professional sports league.

• He was the first African American professional baseball player to break the home run record.

• He was the first African American player to be on more than one professional sports team at the same time.

What was the main cause of the integration of New Orleans public schools?

• a decision by the Supreme Court

• a large march in Washington, D.C.

• a new law passed by Congress

• a boycott in New Orleans

What kind of school did Rosa Parks attend as a child? Select the two correct answers.

• It was for African American and white children

• It did not have enough supplies for all.

• It was a one-room schoolhouse.

• It held classes all year round.

• It was large and new.

Why did this woman get arrested?

• She challenged the voting laws in her state.

• She started a sit-in to challenge segregation in restaurants.

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

• She organized African American children to integrate all-white schools.

What Supreme Court decision resulted from the actions of Rosa Parks?

• It was against the law to prevent African American people from voting.

• It was against the law for people to take part in a boycott against a city.

• It was against the law for people to take part in the Civil Rights Movement.

• It was against the law to make African American people sit in segregated seating on public transit.

What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe could bring about great change? Select the two correct answers.

• sit-ins

• church services

• education for all

• winning lawsuits

• peaceful protests

What action is being shown in this image?

• a boycott of a diner that didn’t serve African American people

• the March on Washington that occurred in 1963

• the success of the Civil Rights Movement

• a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter

Which of the following took place at the event shown in the image?

• The Civil Rights Act was passed.

• Dr. King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.

• People watched Jackie Robinson play baseball.

• A federal holiday was established in Dr. King’s honor.

Who was the first African American woman to refuse giving up her seat on a segregated bus?

• Ida B. Wells

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks