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The Civil Rights Movement

A US History quiz designed to test your knowledge on the Civil Rights Movement

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which lawyer from Brown v. Board of Education became the first black Supreme Court Justice?

  1. Colin Powell
  2. Clarence Thomas
  3. Thurgood Marshall
  4. Andrew Thompson
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which decision was determined in the Supreme Court Case Loving v. Virginia in 1967?

  1. Blacks could attend public schools in Alabama.
  2. Laws prohibiting interracial marriage were invalidated.
  3. Blacks could serve in Virginia's armed forces.
  4. It allowed blacks to work in the public sector.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During "Bloody Sunday", who did police forces attack?

  1. a group of workers in Atlanta, Georgia
  2. students protesting in New York City
  3. a group of protestors in Selma, Alabama
  4. a group of protestors in Jackson, Mississippi
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from which location?

  1. The Lincoln Memorial
  2. The Washington Monument
  3. The Capitol Building
  4. The Vietnam Memorial
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail", for what does he advocate?

  1. boycott of American goods
  2. mass protests
  3. He asks for people to release him from prison.
  4. non-violent resistance
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

True or False: The 16th St. Baptist Church bombing was a major turning point for civil rights.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The most dramatic moment seen during the Central High School desegregation effort was...

  1. when Dr. Martin Luther King arrived to join the effort.
  2. the awful treatment of a black girl by segregationists.
  3. segregationists being peaceful.
  4. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a bus and triggered a bus boycott in which city?

  1. Savannah, Georgia
  2. Atlanta, Georgia
  3. Montgomery, Alabama
  4. Jackson, Mississippi
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was decided in the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education?

  1. It guaranteed the right to vote for all African Americans.
  2. It prohibited racial segregation in public schools.
  3. It allowed for racial segregation in the South.
  4. It made racial segregation legal in all schools.
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