Modern Civil Rights Movement

How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?

• 48 hours
• 5 years
• 6 months
• A little more than a year

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space by sitting in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster

Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy

Black nationalist leader who was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated 

• Malcolm X
• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

• Charlayne Hunter
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Rebecca L. Felton

What event was organized after Rosa Parks was arrested?

• Birmingham bus boycott
• Atlanta bus boycott
• Memphis bus boycott
• Montgomery bus boycott

What group primarily used sit-ins as their means of protesting segregation in restaurants?

• NAACP
• NCAA
• SNCC
• SCLC

Who traveled south to test whether buses were integrating or not?

• Freedom Writers
• Freedom Riders
• Freedom Tarcs
• Freedom Tacos

What strategy did MLK NOT use when fighting for equal rights?

• Sit-ins
• Marches
• Protests
• Violent Riots