The Civil Rights Movement

Question 1

1. Who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 2

What was the role of the NAACP during the Civil Rights Movement?

Accepted Answer

To fight for the legal rights of African Americans

Question 3

Who coined the phrase “Black Power”?

Accepted Answer

Stokely Carmichael

Question 4

The civil rights movement was a strong political force in

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the 1960s

Question 5

What was the significance of the Selma to Montgomery marches?

Accepted Answer

They highlighted the need for voting rights for African Americans

Question 6

What did the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision declare?

Accepted Answer

That racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

Question 7

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

Accepted Answer

A goal to end racial segregation and discrimination

Question 8

What was the name of the 1963 event where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech?

Accepted Answer

The March on Washington

Question 9

What was the main goal of the Civil Rights Movement?

Accepted Answer

To end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans

Question 10

Civil Rights Movement

Accepted Answer

A political movement during the 1960's led by minority groups

Question 11

What was the significance of the Little Rock Nine?

Accepted Answer

the first African American students to integrate a high school little rock

Question 12

What was the role of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?

Accepted Answer

to coordinate youth-led nonviolent protests

Question 13

What was the Black Power Movement?

Accepted Answer

A movement emphasizing racial pride and self-sufficiency

Question 14

What were the sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement?

Accepted Answer

nonviolent protest where black ppl would sit at segregated lunch counters

Question 15

What was the purpose of the Freedom Summer campaign in 1964?

Accepted Answer

To register African American voters in Mississippi

Question 16

What landmark legislation was passed in 1964?

Accepted Answer

The Civil Rights Act

Question 17

Who were the Freedom Riders?

Accepted Answer

Activists who rode interstate buses to challenge segregation

Question 18

Who was James Meredith?

Accepted Answer

The first African American to attend the University of Mississippi

Question 19

3. Who was the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?

Accepted Answer

martin luther king jr.

Question 20

What year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?

Accepted Answer

1955

Question 21

Who was Roy Wilkins?

Accepted Answer

A leader of the NAACP

Question 22

What was the purpose of the March on Washington in 1963?

Accepted Answer

To advocate for civil and economic rights for African Americans

Question 23

Who was Thurgood Marshall?

Accepted Answer

The first African American Supreme Court Justice

Question 24

What was the purpose of the Selma to Montgomery marches?

Accepted Answer

To demand voting rights for African Americans

Question 25

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 aim to eliminate?

Accepted Answer

Racial discrimination in voting

The Civil Rights Movement

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