Civil Rights Movement Quizzes, Questions & Answers

Recent Quizzes

This quiz assesses student knowledge of important people, places, and events that took place during the civil rights movement.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 504 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
What group of students was famous for challenging school segregation in the South?

The "Little Rock Nine"

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

The Freedom Riders

Civil Rights Movement Exam

Civil Rights Movement - African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Women, Native Americans

Questions: 53 | Attempts: 2882 | Last updated: Sep 4, 2024

Sample Question
Which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of the Jim Crow laws?

The Fourteenth Amendment

The Civil Rights Act of 1875

The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

The decision in Morgan v. Virginia

Civil Rights Movement Quiz

This quiz explores pivotal moments and figures in the Civil Rights Movement, including landmark court decisions and media coverage.

Questions: 29 | Attempts: 1843 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2025

Sample Question
In 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka case determined that

All registered voters have a right to vote

Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal and, therefore, unlawful

All residents have a right to a college education

Hiring in school’s must guarantee that no teacher will be discriminated against by race

Chapter 19: Civil Rights Movement

Running from 1954 to 1963, the civil rights movement was the campaign which aimed to enforce constitutional and legal rights in the US for African Americans which other Americans already had access to. What do you know about this...

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 472 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
The supreme court has decided that any law classifying people on the basis of their race or ethnicity is

Illegal.

To be referred to the courts of individual states.

Constitutional.

Unconstitutional.

To be subjected to especially close scrutiny.

The Mongomery Bus Boycott

After watching the documentary Mighty Times, students will be able answer the following quiz.

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 749 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
What started after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger?

The Civil Rights Movement

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Abolishment of Slavery

A riot in the streets

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