Civil Rights as seen in The Butler

Cecil Gaines lived and worked with his parents as sharecroppers in which southern state?

• Alabama
• Georgia
• Tennessee
• Mississippi

After Cecil's father is murdered, what does Miss Annabeth do with Cecil?

• She forces him and his mother off of her land
• She makes sure he has extra work each day
• She makes Cecil a house servant
• She makes Cecil's mother a house servant

After leaving his mother, to which city does Cecil travel?

• New York
• Atlanta
• Memphis
• Washington DC

Cecil overhears a conversation about Judge Earl Warren. Which important court case does Earl Warren preside over in 1954?

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Miranda v. Nevada
• Brown v. Board of Eduacation
• Congress v. Nixon

Who was the first US President that Cecil worked for in the White House?

• Eisenhower
• Kennedy
• Nixon
• Ford

What was Cecil's reaction to the President sending Federal Troops to help integrate Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas?

• He is worried it is going to cause more problems
• He is worried that his son is going to get arrested
• He is excited that a President is finally standing for Civil Rights
• He is excited because he knows one of the students in Little Rock

Louis, Cecil's oldest son, choose to attend Fisk college. Cecil is excited about his son moving south to attend school.

• True
• False

Louis meets students that are active in the Civil Rights Movement. Early in the movie, what was the major tactic used by these Civil Rights activists?

• Non-Violent protest
• Violent protest
• Political activism
• They didn't do much to fight against segragation

What is the first form of civil disobedience that Louis participates in?

• public marches
• freedom rides
• sit-ins
• riots 

What happens to the bus that Louis and the other Freedom Riders are travelling on?

• It runs out of gas and they are arrested for walking on the highway
• It is stopped by the KKK and they are attacked and the bus is set on fire
• It gets a flat tire and nobody will help them fix it
• The driver falls asleep and it crashes in a ditch