Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement

Question 1

What did Rosa Parks refuse to do on the bus on December 1st, 1955?

Answer 1

Give up her seat to a white person

Question 2

What is the name given to a person who campaigns for change?

Answer 2

Activist

Question 3

Who was the first African American Secretary of State?

Answer 3

Colin Powell

Question 4

In what year was Rosa Parks born?

Answer 4

1913

Question 5

What is the name given to the unfair treatment of a group of people based on their race or other characteristics?

Answer 5

Discrimination

Question 7

What is the name given to the basic rights that everyone has under the laws of government?

Answer 7

Civil rights

Question 8

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

Answer 8

Barack Obama

Question 9

What is the name given to the act of refusing to use a product or service to help bring about change?

Answer 9

Boycott

Question 10

Who encouraged black people to concentrate on elevating themselves through hard work?

Answer 10

Booker T. Washington