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Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who worked as a professor of English at Alabama State?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Claudette Colvin

c)

Jo Ann Robinson

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

2.

What was the name given to the laws that enforced a system of white supremacy and discriminated against blacks?

a)

Segregation laws

b)

Jim Crow laws

c)

Discrimination laws

d)

Supremacy laws

3.

What was the name of the organization formed to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

c)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

d)

Women's Political Council (WPC)

4.

Who was the 15-year-old girl arrested for refusing to give up her seat months before Rosa Parks?

a)

Mary Louise Smith

b)

Claudette Colvin

c)

Aurelia Browder

d)

Susie McDonald

5.

Who was the president of the Women's Political Council (WPC) that helped organize the bus boycott?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Coretta Scott King

c)

Jo Ann Robinson

d)

Ella Baker

6.

Which 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that 'separate but equal' schools were unconstitutional?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

d)

Korematsu v. United States

7.

What alternative transportation method did boycotters primarily use?

a)

Carpools

b)

Bicycles

c)

Walking

d)

Taxis

8.

Who was chosen as the spokesperson for the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

E.D. Nixon

b)

Ralph Abernathy

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Fred Gray

9.

What was the fine Rosa Parks was ordered to pay for violating the segregation law?

a)

$5

b)

$10

c)

$14

d)

$20

10.

Who said, "My feets is tired, but my soul is rested"?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Mother Pollard

d)

E.D. Nixon

11.

Which organization was instrumental in organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

c)

Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

12.

Who was the first person to be arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a Montgomery bus?

a)

Aurelia Browder

b)

Mary Louise Smith

c)

Claudette Colvin

d)

Rosa Parks

13.

Which event in December of 1955 is considered the starting point for the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

The arrest of Rosa Parks

b)

The March on Washington

c)

The Selma to Montgomery marches

d)

The Freedom Rides

14.

After Rosa Parks was arrested, all African Americans refused to ride the bus or _________________________________ riding the bus for over a year.

a)

desegregated

b)

segregated

c)

boycotted

d)

continued

15.

Select the correct answer

a)

Incorrect

b)

Correct

c)

Incorrect

d)

Incorrect

16.

Why did the mayor and police commissioner visit Martin Luther King, Jr.'s house?

a)

King's house had been bombed

b)

They played poker every Thursday

c)

King had overdue library books

d)

They were good friends with King

17.

Why did JoAnn Robinson and her colleagues use the mimeograph machines at Alabama State

a)

To grade final exams

b)

To make flyers announcing the boycott

18.

What happened to JoAnn Robinson's car?

a)

Someone poured acid on it

b)

It was in a crash

c)

It broke down

d)

She got a flat tire

19.

What was something that the boycotters were NOT demanding?

a)

Courteous treatment

b)

Hiring black drivers and more stops in black neighborhoods

c)

First-come, first served seating

d)

Desegregation

20.

What did the police begin doing as the boycott moved into 1956?

a)

They helped direct traffic for the carpoolers

b)

They targeted carpool drivers for traffic tickets

c)

They helped organize the carpool

d)

They brought doughnuts to the carpoolers