Civil Rights Movement

 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

• Harriet B. Stowe
• Rosa Parks
• Michelle Obama
• Coretta King

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Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:

• Allow children to work long hours in factories
• Segregate schools based on people’s skin color
• Pay black people less than white people for similar work
• Return an escaped slave to his/her master  

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Thurgood Marshall was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement because: 

• b. He was the first African American to be appointed Supreme Court Justice
• a.  He was the lawyer of Linda Brown during Brown vs. Board of Education case
• He spoke during the march on Washington
• a.  Both A and B

 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?

• Freedom Rides
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• March from  Selma to Montgomery

How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?

• It gave free transportation to African Americans
• It segregated buses in America
•  It made Rosa Parks lots of money
• It helped de-segregate buses in America

What are Civil Rights?

• Rights that only some citizens get
• Rights that all citizens get
•  Rights that are civil
• Rights that are controlled by the president

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 Martin Luther King Jr believed in

• Violent protests
• Really loud protests
• Non-violent protests
• Violence  when needed protests

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 Rosa Parks was arrested here when she refused to give up her seat on the bus. Also the site of a major bus boycott.

•  Atlanta, GA
• Montgomery, AL
• Washington, D.C. 
• Savannah, GA

Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks were part of what movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

• Anti-Immigration Movement
• Free Silver Movement
• Urban Renewal Movement
• Civil  Rights Movement

This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting. 

• Civil Rights Act
• Voting Rights Act
• Civil Rights Movement
• 24th Amendment

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