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Civil Rights Movement
Test your knowledge of the American civil rights movement. Leaders, landmark events, and the fight for equality.
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Question 1easy
Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?
The correct answer is D. Martin Luther King Jr.
Question 2easy
In what city did the March on Washington take place in 1963?
The correct answer is D. Washington, D.C.
Question 3easy
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in which city?
The correct answer is D. Montgomery, Alabama
Question 4easy
In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?
The correct answer is B. 1955
Question 5easy
Which amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery?
The correct answer is A. 13th Amendment
Question 6medium
Which Supreme Court case in 1954 declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
The correct answer is A. Brown v. Board of Education
Question 7medium
Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The correct answer is B. Martin Luther King Jr.
Question 8medium
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by which president?
The correct answer is C. Lyndon B. Johnson
Question 9medium
The Voting Rights Act was passed in what year?
The correct answer is C. 1965
Question 10medium
Which civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968?
The correct answer is B. Martin Luther King Jr.
Question 11medium
The Little Rock Nine were the first African American students to integrate which high school?
The correct answer is D. Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
Question 12medium
In what year did the Little Rock Nine enter Central High School?
The correct answer is C. 1957
Question 13medium
The Freedom Riders were testing desegregation of what?
The correct answer is A. Interstate bus travel
Question 14medium
Which civil rights leader advocated for Black nationalism and was assassinated in 1965?
The correct answer is B. Malcolm X
Question 15medium
The March from Selma to Montgomery was for what cause?
The correct answer is D. Voting rights
Question 16hard
Who was the chief justice of the Supreme Court when Brown v. Board of Education was decided?
The correct answer is A. Earl Warren
Question 17hard
Which 1896 Supreme Court case established "separate but equal" and was overturned by Brown?
The correct answer is C. Plessy v. Ferguson
Question 18hard
Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist assassinated in which state?
The correct answer is D. Mississippi
Question 19hard
The Birmingham campaign in 1963 was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and which organization?
The correct answer is D. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Question 20hard
Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
The correct answer is D. Thurgood Marshall
Question 21hard
Thurgood Marshall argued which landmark case before the Supreme Court?
The correct answer is A. Brown v. Board of Education
Question 22hard
The 24th Amendment to the Constitution abolished what?
The correct answer is C. Poll taxes in federal elections
Question 23hard
Bloody Sunday in 1965 occurred during the march from Selma to where?
The correct answer is C. Montgomery
Question 24hard
Which president sent federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine?
The correct answer is A. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Question 25hard
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is also known as the Fair Housing Act and addressed what?
The correct answer is A. Discrimination in housing
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