Civil Rights Movement Key Concepts

The video explores the history of segregation and slavery in America, highlighting the courageous actions of Rosa Parks. It details her early life, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and the significant impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The video concludes with the legal changes that followed, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

What was the primary purpose of segregation laws in America?

• To keep black and white people apart

• To promote equality among all races

• To improve public transportation

• To enhance educational opportunities

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A treaty with the Confederate States

• A declaration that freed enslaved people

• A law that ended segregation

• A document that started the Civil War

What were Jim Crow laws designed to do?

• Keep black and white people apart

• Promote racial harmony

• Integrate schools

• End discrimination

What was the 'separate but equal' doctrine?

• A Supreme Court ruling that legalized segregation

• A law that integrated schools

• A doctrine that promoted racial equality

• A policy that ended slavery

What was Rosa Parks' significant act of defiance in 1955?

• She led a march on Washington

• She delivered a famous speech on civil rights

• She refused to give up her bus seat to a white person

• She organized a sit-in at a restaurant

Who was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball?

• Frederick Douglass

• Rosa Parks

• Jackie Robinson

• Martin Luther King Jr.

What was the role of the NAACP in the Civil Rights Movement?

• To organize bus boycotts

• To end segregation and promote civil rights

• To promote African-American athletes

• To support segregation laws

What was a significant challenge African Americans faced when trying to vote in the South?

• Support from local governments

• Discriminatory tests and obstacles

• Easy access to voting booths

• Lack of interest in voting

What was the outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Segregated buses were declared illegal

• Rosa Parks was imprisoned for life

• The boycott was unsuccessful

• The Supreme Court upheld segregation laws

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 achieve?

• It started the abolitionist movement

• It made discrimination illegal in public places

• It ended the Civil War

• It legalized segregation