Grade 9History & geographyquiz16 questions

Civil rights movements

Grade 9: equal rights for all, Rosa Parks and the bus boycott, Martin Luther King Jr, peaceful protest, laws that ended segregation.

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Questions

  1. What does the term "civil rights" mean?

    • Equal legal and social treatment for all citizens
    • Rules that only apply to soldiers
    • Special privileges for wealthy citizens
    • The right to avoid paying taxes
    Show answerEqual legal and social treatment for all citizens

  2. The idea of civil rights says that people should be treated fairly whatever their race. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  3. Which document, adopted by the UN in 1948, lists rights for all people?

    • Declaration of Independence
    • Magna Carta
    • Treaty of Versailles
    • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    Show answerUniversal Declaration of Human Rights

  4. In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery for refusing to do what?

    • Give up her bus seat
    • Leave a shop
    • Pay her bus fare
    • Sit in the front row of a cinema
    Show answerGive up her bus seat

  5. What name is given to the 1955-56 protest in which people in Montgomery avoided the buses? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerThe Montgomery bus boycott

  6. Roughly how long did the Montgomery bus boycott last?

    • About one month
    • About one week
    • About one year
    • About ten years
    Show answerAbout one year

  7. Which young minister became a leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?

    • Abraham Lincoln
    • Frederick Douglass
    • Martin Luther King Jr.
    • Nelson Mandela
    Show answerMartin Luther King Jr.

  8. At the 1963 March on Washington, King gave which famous speech?

    • Equal for All
    • I Have a Dream
    • The Road to Freedom
    • We Shall Overcome
    Show answerI Have a Dream

  9. Which Indian leader's use of nonviolent protest inspired Martin Luther King Jr? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerMahatma Gandhi

  10. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that protest should be nonviolent. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  11. Which of these is an example of peaceful protest?

    • A silent march with signs
    • Blocking roads with weapons
    • Fighting with police
    • Smashing shop windows
    Show answerA silent march with signs

  12. Where did the 1960 Greensboro sit-in protesters sit?

    • At a whites-only lunch counter
    • In a courtroom
    • In a school library
    • On a city bus
    Show answerAt a whites-only lunch counter

  13. What does "segregation" mean?

    • Giving everyone the vote
    • Keeping groups of people separate
    • Moving to a new country
    • Sharing resources equally
    Show answerKeeping groups of people separate

  14. Which 1964 US law banned discrimination in public places and jobs?

    • Civil Rights Act
    • Clean Air Act
    • Homestead Act
    • Patriot Act
    Show answerCivil Rights Act

  15. Which 1965 US law protected the right of Black Americans to vote? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerThe Voting Rights Act

  16. The 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. (True or false?)

    Show answerFalse

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