The Movement

Question 1

Which amendment to the United States Constitution outlawed slavery?

Answer 1

Thirteenth Amendment

Question 2

Which amendment to the United States Constitution made citizens of all persons born in the United States?

Answer 2

Fourteenth Amendment

Question 3

Which amendment to the United States Constitution provided for the right to vote regardless of race?

Answer 3

Fifteenth Amendment

Question 4

Which amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote?

Answer 4

Nineteenth Amendment

Question 5

During which period did federal armies occupy the South and enforce social order?

Answer 5

Reconstruction

Question 6

Which of these statements accurately describes the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896?

Answer 6

It stated that separate facilities for blacks and whites was legal.

Question 7

Who was the most prominent clergyman of the civil rights movement?

Answer 7

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 8

Which president signed the famous Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 into law?

Answer 8

Lyndon Johnson

Question 9

What organization was founded in 1957 to coordinate and raise funds, mostly from sources in the North, to support local civil rights protests and the training of black leaders?

Answer 9

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Question 10

What organization founded in 1909 tested segregation and discrimination laws in the courts and provided legal counsel for jailed demonstrators?

Answer 10

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People