Civil Rights and Related Concepts Quiz

Are civil rights those rights promised by the government to all people, such as the right to vote?

• Yes

• No

• Only for some people

• Only in some countries

Before the civil rights movement, was discrimination against certain groups of people common?

• Yes

• No

• Only in some areas

• Only for certain groups

Are fighting and breaking windows examples of nonviolence?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes

• Only if necessary

Is suffrage when you have to eat something you don’t like?

• Yes

• No

• Only if it's healthy

• Only if you are forced

Is the First Lady the wife of the president?

• Yes

• No

• Only in some countries

• Only if married

Are human rights those that belong to all people, even if they aren’t promised by the government, such as the right to food, shelter, education, and a job?

• Yes

• No

• Only if promised

• Only in some countries

Is a boycott when you refuse to go to a business as a sign of protest?

• True

• False

Is segregation when everyone is allowed to be a part of something?

• True

• False

Were sit-ins peaceful protests because they involved people occupying, or sitting, at a place to show everyone they were upset about some unfair treatment?

• True

• False

Did migrant workers tend to stay in the same town from season to season?

• True

• False