The US civil rights movement

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  1. 1. In 1955, who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama?
    • Correct answer: Rosa Parks
    • Ruby Bridges
    • Harriet Tubman
    • Coretta Scott King
  2. 2. Which 1954 Supreme Court case ruled segregated public schools unconstitutional?
    • Correct answer: Brown v. Board of Education
    • Roe v. Wade
    • Plessy v. Ferguson
    • Marbury v. Madison
  3. 3. Where did Martin Luther King Jr give his 'I Have a Dream' speech?
    • Correct answer: At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
    • In a church in Montgomery
    • On a bridge in Selma
    • At a hotel in Memphis
  4. 4. In which year was the Civil Rights Act signed?
    • Correct answer: 1964
    • 1955
    • 1968
    • 1945
  5. 5. What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
    • Correct answer: Banned unfair voting rules such as literacy tests
    • Gave women the vote
    • Lowered the voting age to 18
    • Made voting compulsory
  6. 6. From which town did the 1965 marches to Montgomery set out?
    • Correct answer: Selma
    • Birmingham
    • Atlanta
    • Chicago

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