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Which subject	History
What age group	Year or Grade 11
What topic	Civil rights
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Number of questions	10
Number of answers	4
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Civil Rights Quiz for Grade 11

Test your knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement and its impact on American society with the following quiz. Choose the correct answer for each question.

1. What was the primary goal of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s?

   • A. To promote the economic power of African Americans
   • B. To end racial segregation and discrimination
   • C. To establish separate but equal facilities
   • D. To promote the rights of immigrant populations

2. Which landmark Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

   • A. Plessy v. Ferguson
   • B. Brown v. Board of Education
   • C. Roe v. Wade
   • D. Loving v. Virginia

3. Who was the prominent leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and advocated for nonviolent protest?

   • A. Malcolm X
   • B. Rosa Parks
   • C. Martin Luther King Jr.
   • D. Stokely Carmichael

4. What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

   • A. To eliminate job discrimination
   • B. To ensure African Americans had the right to vote
   • C. To promote equal pay for equal work
   • D. To end segregation in public places

5. Which event is often regarded as a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement due to its televised brutality?

   • A. The March on Washington
   • B. The Birmingham Campaign
   • C. The Selma to Montgomery marches
   • D. The Freedom Rides

6. What was the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

   • A. It granted women the right to vote
   • B. It established the right to equal public accommodations
   • C. It ended the Vietnam War
   • D. It created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

7. Which civil rights activist is known for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

   • A. Angela Davis
   • B. Harriet Tubman
   • C. Rosa Parks
   • D. Coretta Scott King

8. What does the term "Jim Crow laws" refer to?

   • A. Laws that promoted women's rights
   • B. Laws that enforced racial segregation in the South
   • C. Laws that protected labor rights
   • D. Laws that abolished slavery

9. Which organization was formed in 1909 to fight for the rights of African Americans?

   • A. The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
   • B. The SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
   • C. The Black Panther Party
   • D. The Urban League

10. Who delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963?

    • A. Malcolm X
    • B. John Lewis
    • C. Martin Luther King Jr.
    • D. Jesse Jackson

Answers:

1. B
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. C

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