The landmark Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional was:
a) Plessy v. Ferguson
b) Brown v. Board of Education
c) Roe v. Wade
d) Miranda v. Arizona
Answer: b) Brown v. Board of Education
Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked what event?
a) March on Washington
b) Selma to Montgomery march
c) Montgomery Bus Boycott
d) Freedom Rides
Answer: c) Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on:
a) Gender
b) Religion
c) National origin
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
The civil rights leader who advocated for nonviolent resistance and delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech was:
a) Malcolm X
b) Medgar Evers
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) Thurgood Marshall
Answer: c) Martin Luther King Jr.
The march from Selma to Montgomery, known as Bloody Sunday, aimed to advocate for:
a) Voting rights
b) School integration
c) Housing equality
d) Desegregation of public transportation
Answer: a) Voting rights
The organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr. to coordinate nonviolent protests and civil rights activities was the:
a) NAACP
b) SCLC
c) SNCC
d) CORE
Answer: b) SCLC
The Freedom Riders aimed to challenge segregation in:
a) Schools
b) Buses and bus stations
c) Restaurants
d) Movie theaters
Answer: b) Buses and bus stations
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 addressed issues related to:
a) Voting rights
b) Public transportation
c) Fair housing
d) School desegregation
Answer: c) Fair housing
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to overcome barriers that prevented African Americans from:
a) Owning property
b) Getting an education
c) Exercising their right to vote
d) Accessing healthcare
Answer: c) Exercising their right to vote
Malcolm X was a prominent advocate for:
a) Nonviolent protest
b) Integration
c) Black nationalism and self-defense
d) Cultural assimilation
Answer: c) Black nationalism and self-defense
The event where civil rights activists attempted to integrate a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, was known as the:
a) Montgomery Bus Boycott
b) Little Rock Nine
c) Greensboro Sit-In
d) Freedom Rides
Answer: c) Greensboro Sit-In
The Civil Rights Movement gained significant momentum during which decade?
a) 1930s
b) 1940s
c) 1950s
d) 1960s
Answer: d) 1960s
The civil rights leader who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and advocated for direct action was:
a) Malcolm X
b) Jesse Jackson
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) Eldridge Cleaver
Answer: c) Martin Luther King Jr.
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic:
a) “I Have a Dream” speech
b) “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
c) “Black Power” slogan
d) “Ballot or the Bullet” speech
Answer: a) “I Have a Dream” speech
The first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and successfully integrate the institution was:
a) Ruby Bridges
b) Rosa Parks
c) Medgar Evers
d) James Meredith
Answer: d) James Meredith
The “Little Rock Nine” refers to the group of African American students who:
a) Led the Freedom Rides
b) Boycotted the buses in Montgomery
c) Integrated Central High School in Arkansas
d) Organized the March on Washington
Answer: c) Integrated Central High School in Arkansas
The organization that coordinated the Freedom Rides, aiming to challenge segregation in interstate transportation, was the:
a) SNCC
b) SCLC
c) NAACP
d) CORE
Answer: d) CORE
The incident in Birmingham, Alabama, where peaceful civil rights protesters were met with violent police response and media coverage, was called:
a) The Montgomery Bus Boycott
b) The Greensboro Sit-In
c) The Birmingham Campaign
d) The Selma March
Answer: c) The Birmingham Campaign
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by:
a) John F. Kennedy
b) Lyndon B. Johnson
c) Richard Nixon
d) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer: b) Lyndon B. Johnson
The 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education overturned the principle of “separate but equal” established in which earlier case?
a) Plessy v. Ferguson
b) Dred Scott v. Sandford
c) Marbury v. Madison
d) McCulloch v. Maryland
Answer: a) Plessy v. Ferguson
The “Children’s Crusade,” a series of demonstrations in Birmingham involving young protesters, drew attention to the need for:
a) School integration
b) Voting rights
c) Racial segregation
d) Labor rights
Answer: a) School integration
The civil rights leader and labor organizer who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) was:
a) Cesar Chavez
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Malcolm X
d) Medgar Evers
Answer: a) Cesar Chavez
The “Bloody Sunday” incident, where marchers were brutally attacked by law enforcement while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, occurred during which march?
a) Selma to Montgomery
b) March on Washington
c) Birmingham Campaign
d) Freedom Rides
Answer: a) Selma to Montgomery
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to eliminate:
a) Poll taxes and literacy tests
b) Segregation in schools
c) Employment discrimination
d) Police brutality
Answer: a) Poll taxes and literacy tests
The organization that emerged from the student sit-in movement and played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement was the:
a) NAACP
b) SNCC
c) SCLC
d) CORE
Answer: b) SNCC
The 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery aimed to advocate for:
a) Labor rights
b) School integration
c) Voting rights
d) Desegregation of public transportation
Answer: c) Voting rights
The “March Against Fear,” initiated by James Meredith, aimed to raise awareness about:
a) Police brutality
b) Economic inequality
c) School desegregation
d) Voter registration
Answer: d) Voter registration
The “Mississippi Burning” incident involved the disappearance and murder of three civil rights workers who were registering African Americans to vote. Their deaths led to increased attention on:
a) Freedom Rides
b) Voter registration
c) Integration of schools
d) Bus boycotts
Answer: b) Voter registration
The Black Panther Party, founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, advocated for:
a) Nonviolent resistance
b) Integration
c) Black nationalism and self-defense
d) Cultural assimilation
Answer: c) Black nationalism and self-defense
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction Era and aimed to protect African Americans’ right to:
a) Education
b) Employment
c) Suffrage
d) Public transportation
Answer: c) Suffrage
The “Freedom Summer” of 1964 involved efforts to:
a) Integrate public transportation
b) Desegregate schools
c) Register African American voters in Mississippi
d) Achieve fair housing policies
Answer: c) Register African American voters in Mississippi
The organization founded by Fannie Lou Hamer and others to promote voting rights and social change was the:
a) NAACP
b) SCLC
c) SNCC
d) MFDP
Answer: d) MFDP
The Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, aimed to prevent discrimination in:
a) Employment
b) Education
c) Voting
d) Housing
Answer: d) Housing
The civil rights leader who coined the phrase “Black Power” and advocated for self-determination was:
a) Malcolm X
b) Jesse Jackson
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) Stokely Carmichael
Answer: d) Stokely Carmichael
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in various areas, including:
a) Voting
b) Education
c) Public accommodations
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
The “March Against Fear,” initiated by James Meredith, aimed to raise awareness about:
a) Police brutality
b) Economic inequality
c) School desegregation
d) Voter registration
Answer: d) Voter registration
The “Mississippi Burning” incident involved the disappearance and murder of three civil rights workers who were registering African Americans to vote. Their deaths led to increased attention on:
a) Freedom Rides
b) Voter registration
c) Integration of schools
d) Bus boycotts
Answer: b) Voter registration
The Black Panther Party, founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, advocated for:
a) Nonviolent resistance
b) Integration
c) Black nationalism and self-defense
d) Cultural assimilation
Answer: c) Black nationalism and self-defense
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction Era and aimed to protect African Americans’ right to:
a) Education
b) Employment
c) Suffrage
d) Public transportation
Answer: c) Suffrage
The “Freedom Summer” of 1964 involved efforts to:
a) Integrate public transportation
b) Desegregate schools
c) Register African American voters in Mississippi
d) Achieve fair housing policies
Answer: c) Register African American voters in Mississippi
The organization founded by Fannie Lou Hamer and others to promote voting rights and social change was the:
a) NAACP
b) SCLC
c) SNCC
d) MFDP
Answer: d) MFDP
The Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, aimed to prevent discrimination in:
a) Employment
b) Education
c) Voting
d) Housing
Answer: d) Housing
The civil rights leader who coined the phrase “Black Power” and advocated for self-determination was:
a) Malcolm X
b) Jesse Jackson
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) Stokely Carmichael
Answer: d) Stokely Carmichael
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in various areas, including:
a) Voting
b) Education
c) Public accommodations
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
The organization that played a significant role in desegregating interstate bus travel through the Freedom Rides was the:
a) SNCC
b) SCLC
c) NAACP
d) CORE
Answer: d) CORE
The civil rights leader and women’s rights activist who famously stated “Ain’t I a Woman?” in her speech was:
a) Fannie Lou Hamer
b) Ella Baker
c) Rosa Parks
d) Sojourner Truth
Answer: d) Sojourner Truth
The “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” took place in what year?
a) 1954
b) 1960
c) 1963
d) 1968
Answer: c) 1963
The civil rights leader who co-founded the Black Panther Party and advocated for armed self-defense was:
a) Malcolm X
b) Huey Newton
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) John Lewis
Answer: b) Huey Newton
The “March from Selma to Montgomery” aimed to advocate for:
a) Voting rights
b) School integration
c) Desegregation of public transportation
d) Labor rights
Answer: a) Voting rights
The civil rights leader and founder of the National Urban League, who focused on economic empowerment and education, was:
a) Malcolm X
b) W.E.B. Du Bois
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) Booker T. Washington
Answer: b) W.E.B. Du Bois
