Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Who led the Massive Resistance movement against the integration of public schools?

• Martin Luther King

• Harry F. Byrd

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

What word means the full equality of all races in the use of public facilities?

• integration

• desegregation

• civil rights

• equality

The abolition of racial segregation is called-

• desegregation

• integration

• discrimination

• separation

In the Supreme Court ruling Brown vs. Board of Education, all public schools were ordered to-

• discriminate

• integrate

• segregate

• exclude

After World War II, African Americans began to demand-

• equal treatment

• discrimination

• school segregation

• voting rights

Which of these was an effect of the Massive Resistance movement?

• Laws were passed that made racial discrimination illegal.

• Many schools were closed.

• African Americans won the Brown vs. Board court case.

• Increased racial harmony

Unconstitutional means-

• unfair

• legal

• against the law

• justified

Some schools in Virginia were closed to avoid-

• segregation

• integration

• discrimination

• public outcry

The Civil Rights movement fought against all of the following EXCEPT-

• discrimination

• segregation

• integration

• racial profiling

The Massive Resistance movement-

• tried to help African Americans get equal treatment

• supported desegregation

• opposed civil rights

• promoted racial equality