Civil Rights - What do you know?

1. What did African Americans fight for during the Civil Rights movement?

• segregation
• equal rights
• poll taxes

2. Which African American refused to give up a seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Jackie Robinson

3. What was the effect of Rosa Parks not giving up her bus seat to a white man?

• She had to pay double the price
• The bus driver banned her from the bus
• She was arrested and put in jail

4. What was the protest, where African Americans refused to ride buses until segregation on public transportation was outlawed?

• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Civil Rights Movement
• Brown vs. Board

5. As a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the US Supreme Court outlawed ____ of all of the city’s public transportation.

• boycotting
• Segregation
• music

6. What was the civil rights case where the Supreme Court ruled it illegal for schools to be segregated?

• Voting Rights Act
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Jim Crow Laws

7. In Brown v. Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that public schools must _____.

• close
• integrate
• pay taxes

8. What was the peaceful demonstration where MLK, Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• Voting Rights Protest

9. What was the law that prohibited discrimination based on race, gender, or religion?

• Civil Rights Act
• Voting Rights Act
• Brown vs. Board of Education

10. What does segregation mean?

• to be separated
• to be put together
• to be joined