Quiz: Martin Luther King, Jr. And The Civil Rights Movement
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- 1.
- A.
Force anyone taking public transportation to give up his/her seat
- B.
Establish racially segregated public schools
- C.
Prevent any registered adult from voting
- D.
Deny anyone a public library card
- 2.
- A.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- B.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- C.
The Southern Poverty Law Center
- D.
The American Civil Liberties Union
- 3.Dr. King was directly influenced by which of the following leaders?
- A.
Abraham Lincoln
- B.
Malcolm X
- C.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
- D.
Mahatma Gandhi
- 4.Dr. King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at which major event?
- A.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
- B.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- C.
The funeral of President John F. Kennedy
- D.
The inauguration of President Lyndon Johnson
- 5.What famous political action did Rosa Parks help prompt?
- A.
Bloody Sunday
- B.
The March on Washington
- C.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
- D.
The Selma to Montgomery March
- 6.The Voting Rights Act of 1965 did everything BUT what?
- A.
Send federal authorities to southern states to help register black voters
- B.
Outlawed voting literacy tests
- C.
Made it unlawful for certain jurisdictions with a history of discrimination to change any voting procedures without federal approval
- D.
Required certain jurisdictions with a history of discrimination to provide voters with free transportation to the polls
- 7.
- A.
A major civil rights leader who worked with Dr. King
- B.
The first protester killed during the “Bloody Sunday” police attacks
- C.
The Supreme Court justice who wrote the Brown v. Board of Ed. decision
- D.
The pro-segregationist governor of Alabama
- 8.Which one of these political groups was NOT part of Dr. King’s organizing efforts during the Civil Rights Movement?
- A.
Congress of Racial Equality
- B.
Black Panther Party
- C.
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
- D.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- 9.What was Freedom Summer?
- A.
A campaign to register black voters in Mississippi
- B.
A series of protests in southern cities to oppose the incarceration of civil rights activists
- C.
A bus tour Dr. King took throughout the South to galvanize black communities
- D.
A march from Selma to Montgomery
- 10.
- A.
George Wallace (Gov. of Alabama)
- B.
J. Edgar Hoover (Director of the FBI)
- C.
Bull Conner (City of Birmingham Police Commissioner)
- D.
Richard Nixon (future U.S. President)
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