Civil Rights Movements| America [1955-68]

Question 1

What year is commonly considered the start of the Civil Rights Movement?

Answer 1

1955.

Question 2

The Civil Rights Movement primarily focused on racial equality for whom?

Answer 2

African-Americans.

Question 3

The landmark Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional was versus who?

One is a color and the other is something you write on.

Answer 3

Brown v. Board of Education.

Question 4

Who was the prominent leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?

Answer 4

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 5

What event is known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

how long did it last?

Answer 5

A protest against racial segregation on public buses initiated by Rosa Parks’ arrest.

381 days.

Question 6

Which organization was founded by students to promote civil rights and nonviolent protest?

Ella Baker.

Answer 6

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Question 7

What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides in 1961?

what did they see in buses and want to exclude?

Answer 7

To challenge segregation in interstate bus terminals.

Question 8

True or False: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Answer 8

True.

Question 9

What major event took place in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963?

MLK..

Answer 9

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Question 10

Who delivered the famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech?

Answer 10

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 11

When was The Voting Rights Act was enacted in?

Answer 11

1965.

Question 12

What was the main goal of the Black Power movement?

Answer 12

To promote racial pride and self-sufficiency among African Americans.

Question 13

Which group was established in 1966 to address issues of racial injustice and community empowerment?

Wakanda.

Answer 13

Black Panther Party.

Question 14

What type of resistance did Malcolm X advocate for to achieve civil rights?

Answer 14

Violent.

Question 15

What was the significance of the Selma to Montgomery marches?

what did it highlight?

Answer 15

They highlighted the struggle for voting rights and led to the Voting Rights Act.

Question 16

Who were the Freedom Summer volunteers?

the state in which has multiple ‘s’, ‘i’ and ‘p’.

Answer 16

A group of activists who aimed to increase voter registration among African Americans in Mississippi.

Question 17

Fill in the blank: The Civil Rights Movement was marked by numerous protests and…?

Answer 17

Demonstrations.

Question 18

What was the main focus of the Poor People’s Campaign initiated by Martin Luther King Jr?

Answer 18

To address economic justice and poverty among all races.

Question 19

Which landmark legislation ended legal segregation in public places?

it’s in the name, honey..

Answer 19

Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Question 20

What Supreme Court decision upheld the principle of ‘one person, one vote’?

the actor who voices Guy and that game where you dress them up.

Answer 20

Reynolds v. Sims.

Question 21

True or False: The Civil Rights Movement ended in 1968 with the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 21

False.

Question 22

What was the primary strategy used by civil rights activists during the movement?

Think about MLK.

Answer 22

Nonviolent resistance.

Question 23

What were ‘Jim Crow laws’? :Refers to state and local laws that enforced what upon Americans?

Answer 23

Racial segregation.

Question 24

Who was the first African American to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?

we seen him in that netfilx documentary.

Answer 24

Thurgood Marshall.

Question 25

What was the outcome of the 1963 Birmingham campaign?

what did it draw attentions to and from?

Answer 25

It drew national attention to the civil rights movement and led to desegregation efforts.

Question 26

Which civil rights leader was known for his advocacy of armed self-defense?

Answer 26

Malcolm X.

Question 27

What were some real-time events of Jim Crow Laws being shown in place?

Answer 27

-Separate drinking fountains.
-Different places to sit at the lunch hub.
-Places to sit in public transportation.