Statistics for Civil Rights Movement Quiz

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  • This quiz has been taken 130 times
  • The average score is 10 of 17

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
These women refused to give up their seats on buses in Montgomery, leading to a 385 day bus boycott.Rosa Parks
94%
These laws mandated racial segregation in public spaces in the South.Jim Crow laws
93%
This leader of the civil rights movement gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington in 1963.Martin Luther King, Jr.
87%
This 1954 Supreme Court case ended segregation in education.Brown v. Board of Education
76%
Federal troops were sent to this city to help nine students integrate a public high school.Little Rock
75%
This teenager is brutally murdered after allegedly flirting with a white woman.Emmett Till
68%
This president issued an executive order in 1948 ending segregation in the militaryHarry S. Truman
63%
These three major civil rights legislations were enacted during the 1960s.Civil Rights Act of 1964
62%
These three major civil rights legislations were enacted during the 1960s.Voting Rights Act of 1965
60%
Activists marched between this city and Montgomery to advocate for voting rights in 1965. (Hint: It was the topic of a 2014 movie)Selma
55%
This activist was associated with the Nation of Islam and provided the intellectual foundation for the Black Power movementMalcom X
54%
This group rode a Greyhound bus through the South to protest segregated bus terminals.Freedom Riders
49%
This revolutionary socialist political organization was founded to challenge police brutality in Oakland.Black Panther Party
43%
Four Black students in this city refused to leave a white-only lunch counter until they were served.Greensboro
25%
This kindergartner was the first Black student at an elementary school in Louisiana.Ruby Bridges
22%
These women refused to give up their seats on buses in Montgomery, leading to a 385 day bus boycott.Claudette Colvin
17%
These three major civil rights legislations were enacted during the 1960s.Fair Housing Act of 1968
11%

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