Civil Rights Movement Review

Question 1

Four students sat at a lunch counter in Greensboro until they were served. This is called a...

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sit-in

Question 2

Why was Rosa Parks arrested in 1955?

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She did not give up her bus seat to a white person

Question 3

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

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ended segregation in public places

Question 4

Reading and logic questions that prevented African Americans from voting were known as...

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Poll tests

Question 5

This civil rights activist is most known for his beliefs in nonviolent means of protests...

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 6

When one group is treated differently from another group is known as...

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Discrimination

Question 7

Which President promised to propose a civil rights bill to Congress, but was assassinated?

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Kennedy

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT true about Malcolm X?

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Promoted non-violence

Question 9

What were the Jim Crow laws?

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Laws the limited the freedom and opportunities of blacks

Question 10

Who was the famous lawyer in the Brown V. Board of Education case?

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Thurgood Marshall

Question 11

Bringing races together is known as...

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Integration

Question 12

Name the group of African American students who integrated Central High School

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Little Rock Nine

Question 13

In what city did Martin Luther King Jr. lead a bus boycott?

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Montgomery

Question 14

Which Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional?

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Brown V. Board of Education

Question 15

Jackie Robinson made headlines when...

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Became the 1st black man to play for Major League Baseball

Question 16

Which law ensured the right to vote for all US citizens regardless of race or color?

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 17

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a Dream" speech at what Civil Rights event?

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March on Washington

Question 18

Who organized thousands of farm workers to protest for better wages and working conditions?

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Cesar Chavez

Question 19

Which amendment to the U.S Constitution grants equal protection rights to all citizens?

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14th Amendment

Question 20

This case ruled that "separate but equal" was okay.

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Plessy V. Ferguson

Question 21

She was the first African American to integrate an elementary school in the south

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Ruby Bridges

Question 22

What happened in response to Rosa Park's arrest?

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The black community would not travel on buses: boycott

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