A Quiz On Civil Rights Movement: Trivia
A quiz on the civil rights movement: trivia! Civil rights movement in America signified a time where the people who were slaves in the southern regions were discriminated upon even when they were freed after the war. They could not get decent jobs to go to some school based on their colour. One of the most know civil right, and segregation leaders were Rosa Parks. What can you tell about the fight for equality in America the fruits it bore? This quiz will help you find out!
- 1.Who led the courtroom battles against segregation?
- A.
Rosa Parks
- B.
Martin Luther King Jr.
- C.
Thurgood Marshall
- D.
Malcolm X
- 2.Who was the leader of the Nation of Islam?
- A.
John F. Kennedy
- B.
Malcolm X
- C.
Lyndon B. Johnson
- D.
Stokely Carmichael
- 3.What did the National Organization for women fight for in the 1960s?
- A.
Women's right to vote
- B.
To stop Racism against women
- C.
To stop equal rights for women
- D.
Equal career and educational opportunities for women
- 4.Who was the African American leader to fight for civil rights in a peaceful way?
- A.
Thurgood Marshall
- B.
Martin Luther King Jr.
- C.
Rosa Parks
- D.
Lyndon B. Johnson
- 5.Lyndon B. Johnson created what program once he was first elected in 1964?
- A.
Great Society
- B.
Black power
- C.
N.A.A.C.P.
- D.
Sit-in
- 6.Who did refused to give up her seat for a white man?
- A.
Rosa parks
- B.
Betty Friedan
- C.
Shirley Chisholm
- D.
Phyllis Schlafly.
- 7.Disabled in Action (DIA) helped raise awareness about what?
- A.
People who commit crimes
- B.
Crimes against African Americans
- C.
Challenges facing people with disabilities
- D.
Public schools needing to provide more things for disabled children
- 8.Who was the youngest and first Catholic president?
- A.
John F. Kennedy
- B.
Thurgood Marshall
- C.
Lyndon B. Johnson
- D.
George W. Bush
- 9.Which movement called for African American independence?
- A.
Little Rock 9
- B.
Black power
- C.
Great Society
- D.
Freedom rides
- 10.9 African American students went to Central High school in Arkansas, what were these students called?
- A.
Little Rock 9
- B.
Black power
- C.
N.O.W.
- D.
D.I.A.
- 11.American's with Disabilities Act did what?
- A.
Law to be able to keep people with disabilities segregated from everyone else
- B.
Outlawed all discrimination against people with disabilities
- C.
Fought for African American people
- 12.Cesar Chavez tried to do what for Hispanics?
- A.
Start a new country
- B.
Fight white people
- C.
Improve working conditions and pay
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