The Civil Rights Movement - Exit Quiz

What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?

• Worcester v. Georgia
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade
• Marbury v. Madison

Define segregation

• to refuse to buy, use, or go to, in order to make a protest or bring about a change.

• the practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups.

• the process of bringing all parts together into a whole.

• an objection or complaint

Laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.

• Racist

• Prejudice

• Discrimination

• Jim Crow

A struggle for social justice during the 50s and 60s for African Americans to gain equal rights under the law was called?

• Executive Order 9981

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Civil Rights Movement

• March on Washington

What event did Rosa Parks spark when she was arrested?

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Selma March

• March on Washington

• Brown v Board of Education

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 event is being described below:

A father sued city of Topeka, KS because his daughter, could not attend the school closest to their home since she was black.

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Roe vs. Wade

• Scott vs. Sanford

What is being described below?

Equal rights in politics, society, and the economy.

• Civil Disobedience

• Civil Rights

• Equality Policy

• Rebellion

The main goal of the freedom riders was to

• pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses

• inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow

• encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda

• desegregate urban bus systems in the south

 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