Civil Rights Movement

What was the Civil Rights Movement  mainly about?

• Integrating Schools
• Integrating Restaurants
• Equal treatment of the races
• Montgomery Buss Boycott

Who famously refused to give up her seat on a bus to start a bus boycott?

• Margaret Mitchell
• Rosa Parks
• Sojourner Truth
• Jackie Kennedy

In which city did the famous bus boycott take place?

• Atlanta, Georgia
• Birmingham, Alabama
• Dallas, Texas
• Montgomery, Alabama

What was important about the passing of the Civil Rights Act?

• It allowed segregation to continue
• It integrated schools
• It ended segregation and Jim Crow Laws
• It allowed black men to vote

Where did Dr. King deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Washington DC
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Memphis, Tennessee
• Montgomery, Alabama

What is segregation?

• A form of protest where participants sit down and refuse to move

• A gathering of people in support of or opposition to something

• Refusal to buy a product or use a service as a sign of protest

• Separation of people based on their skin color

What was the goal of the civil rights movement?

• To eliminate racial discrimination and segregation

• To offer education to all American children

• To make health care available to American families

• To support cross-country travel by bus

What is a sit-in?

• A person who is the legal property of another person and forced to obey them

• A protest during which the protestors sit for a long time where they are not supposed to be

• The separation of people based on the color of their skin

Why did African Americans fight against the law during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

• They wanted to get the vaccine for a virus.

• They wanted to travel to other states.

• They wanted more money at their jobs.

• They wanted to be treated equally with white people.

Which of the events below was a famous sit-in?

• Woolworth's Lunch Counter

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• William Campbell attends the Murphey School