Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement protests were:
a) Violent
b) Unsuccessful
c) Peaceful
d) None of the above
c) Peaceful
What is segregation?
Separating facilities by race.
What is a synonym for "act" in Civil Rights Act?
a) Action
b) Law
c) Deed
d) Performance
b) Law
What is a boycott?
Refusing to economically support a company.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech starts like this:
"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation."
What is a demonstration?
A public gathering (can be a rally or a street march) in which people show their opposition or support.
When and where does the Civil Rights Movement take place?
The Plessy v Ferguson case of 1896 decided that segregated facilities could be "separate but e___"
Equal
The Civil Rights Act was approved by President:
a) Lincoln
b) Kennedy
c) Johnson
d) Roosevelt
c) Johnson
Rosa Parks started the M_____ Bus Boycott in A_____, USA
Montgomery, Alabama
What is MLK most known for?
a) His famous public speeches
b) His connection to President Kennedy
c) His charisma
d) His nonviolent approach to protesting
d) His nonviolent approach to protesting
What are civil rights?
Basic human rights protected by law to defend groups from discrimination.
What was the reality of segregated facilities?
The black facilities were greatly inferior to the white ones.
The Civil Rights Act faced 83 days of filibusters: A filibuster is a long s____ in the Senate meant to delay v____
Speech, voting
What year did the US Supreme Court declare bus segregation unconstitutional?
a) 1954
b) 1956
c) 1963
d) 1968
b) 1956
The March on Washington D.C. was a demonstration of more than:
a) 100,000 people
b) 200,000 people
c) 300,000 people
d) 500,000 people
b) 200,000 people