🇺🇸 US History Trivia
Quiz Set 5 — Civil Rights
Answer all 10 questions. Click an option to see if you got it right!
Question 1 of 10
Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955?
Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as a leader during the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Question 2 of 10
Which Supreme Court case ended school segregation?
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) declared segregated public schools unconstitutional.
Question 3 of 10
Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama?
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on December 1, 1955, sparking the boycott.
Question 4 of 10
What was the March on Washington in 1963 famous for?
Over 250,000 people gathered to hear King's iconic speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
Question 5 of 10
Which law banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Question 6 of 10
What were the Jim Crow laws?
Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States from the 1870s to 1960s.
Question 7 of 10
Who was the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South?
Ruby Bridges attended William Frantz Elementary in New Orleans in 1960 at age six.
Question 8 of 10
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibit?
The Voting Rights Act banned discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests.
Question 9 of 10
Who founded the Nation of Islam's public profile as a civil rights figure?
Malcolm X became the Nation of Islam's most prominent spokesman in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Question 10 of 10
What were sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement?
Sit-ins, beginning in Greensboro, NC in 1960, protested segregation at lunch counters.