Civil Rights Movement Quiz

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Instructions: From Montgomery to Memphis, test your knowledge of the pivotal moments of the civil rights movement.

1.
In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus?
A
1955
B
1954
C
1956
D
1953
2.
Who was the young pastor who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A
Ralph Abernathy
B
Martin Luther King Jr.
C
Jesse Jackson
D
Andrew Young
3.
What were the nine African American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock called?
A
The Little Rock Seven
B
The Central High Group
C
The Arkansas Ten
D
The Little Rock Nine
4.
Which President sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect the students?
A
John F. Kennedy
B
Dwight Eisenhower
C
Lyndon Johnson
D
Harry Truman
5.
What method of nonviolent protest involved African Americans sitting at whites-only lunch counters?
A
Strikes
B
Marches
C
Boycotts
D
Sit-ins
6.
Who was the NAACP field secretary murdered in Mississippi in 1963?
A
Vernon Dahmer
B
Medgar Evers
C
Emmett Till
D
James Meredith
7.
What was the March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 protesting?
A
School segregation
B
Housing discrimination
C
Job discrimination
D
Voting rights restrictions
8.
What became known as 'Bloody Sunday' during the civil rights movement?
A
The Birmingham church bombing
B
The attack on marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge
C
The Watts riot
D
The assassination of Malcolm X
9.
Which city's police used fire hoses and dogs against peaceful protesters in 1963?
A
Jackson
B
Atlanta
C
Birmingham
D
Nashville
10.
Who wrote the famous 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'?
A
John Lewis
B
Martin Luther King Jr.
C
Rosa Parks
D
Malcolm X
11.
How many young girls were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham in 1963?
A
Four
B
Five
C
Two
D
Three
12.
What was the name of Malcolm X's organization after he left the Nation of Islam?
A
The Organization of Afro-American Unity
B
The Congress of Racial Equality
C
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
D
The Black Panthers
13.
Which President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
A
Dwight Eisenhower
B
Lyndon B. Johnson
C
John F. Kennedy
D
Richard Nixon
14.
What was the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi known as?
A
Medgar Evers
B
Stokely Carmichael
C
James Meredith
D
Thurgood Marshall
15.
In what city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated on April 4, 1968?
A
Atlanta
B
Memphis
C
Birmingham
D
Washington, D.C.

Answer Key

Question 1

A. 1955

Question 2

B. Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 3

D. The Little Rock Nine

Question 4

B. Dwight Eisenhower

Question 5

D. Sit-ins

Question 6

B. Medgar Evers

Question 7

D. Voting rights restrictions

Question 8

B. The attack on marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge

Question 9

C. Birmingham

Question 10

B. Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 11

A. Four

Question 12

A. The Organization of Afro-American Unity

Question 13

B. Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 14

C. James Meredith

Question 15

B. Memphis

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