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Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened during Brown v. Board of Education?

a)

Literacy tests and poll taxes were banned.

b)

Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech.

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal for schools to be segregated.

d)

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

2.

Who refused give up a seat on a bus to a white man?

a)

Cesar Chavez

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

3.

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?

a)

March on Washington

b)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Voting Rights Acts

4.

Lyndon B. Johnson

a)

Lead a nationwide boycott of grapes.

b)

was Brown's lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education.

c)

was a civil rights leader.

d)

signed into law the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

5.

The law that banned all literacy tests and poll taxes was called

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Voting Rights Act

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

March on Washington

6.

Jim Crow laws

a)

made it illegal to segregate schools.

b)

prohibited discrimination based on color, race, or religion in public places.

c)

were passed in the south to segregate African Americans.

d)

banned all poll taxes that kept African American from voting.

7.

Who was the civil rights leader who fought for equal rights for African Americans?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

George Washington

8.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

a)

is where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech.

b)

was a peaceful demonstration against segregation.

c)

were laws passed to segregate African Americans.

d)

was a protest where African Americans refused to ride the bus.

9.

Cesar Chavez

a)

an African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.

b)

the Brown's lawyer in the Brown v. Board of Education.

c)

was a Latin American civil rights activist who cofounded United Farm Workers.

d)

the 36th president of the United States.

10.

Because of this, it was illegal to discriminate against people of all races and genders when applying for a job.

a)

Civil Right Act

b)

Voting Rights Act

c)

March on Washington

d)

Jim Crow laws

11.

Thurgood Marshall was

a)

signed into law the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

b)

sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

c)

the first African American Supreme Court justice.

d)

gave the "I Have A Dream" speech.

12.

Who led a nationwide boycott of grapes to improve the rights and conditions of migrant workers?

a)

Cesar Chavez

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Thurgood Marshall

13.

The actions of Rosa Parks sparked what event?

a)

Jim Crow laws

b)

March on Washington

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Montgomery Bus Boycott