Civil Rights Movement Quiz

What did Brown v. Board of Education decide?

• Segregation in schools was fair

• Schools must be segregated

• Segregated schools were unequal and unfair

• Only private schools could integrate

Who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech and believed in nonviolent protest?

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Barack Obama

What was the main goal of the Civil Rights Movement?

• To stop paying taxes

• To create new laws for the military

• To gain equal rights for African Americans

• To form a new government

What does “segregation” mean?

• Bringing people together

• Keeping people apart based on race

• Voting for new leaders

• Having different opinions

What was SNCC mostly made up of?

• Young students who protested

• Retired soldiers

• Business leaders

• Judges and lawyers

Who were the Black Panthers?

• A peaceful protest group from the 1800s

• A group of students in the Civil War

• A group that believed in Black Power and self-defense

• A military group from World War I

What kind of protest did MLK support?

• Violent protests

• Peaceful protests

• Online petitions

• Political ads

What happened in the movie Remember the Titans?

• A basketball team fought over money

• A baseball team became famous

• A football team learned to work together after integration

• A school closed because of budget cuts

What does “integration” mean in schools?

• Only white students go to school

• Having separate schools for boys and girls

• Letting all races attend the same schools together

• Only teachers making decisions

Why is the Civil Rights Movement still important today?

• It started a war

• It made school harder

• It helped create more fair and equal laws

• It stopped people from protesting