1. In which year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on the bus?
A) 1954
B) 1955
C) 1956
D) 1957
Answer: B) 1955
2. In which city did Rosa Parks’ historic act of defiance take place?
A) Atlanta
B) Montgomery
C) Birmingham
D) Selma
Answer: B) Montgomery
3. What was the name of the bus company that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on?
A) Montgomery Bus Lines
B) Alabama Bus Company
C) Capital Transit
D) Southern Bus Service
Answer: A) Montgomery Bus Lines
4. What was the immediate result of Rosa Parks’ action on the bus?
A) She was arrested
B) She was given a warning
C) The bus was stopped
D) She was asked to leave the bus
Answer: A) She was arrested
5. Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott that followed Rosa Parks’ arrest?
A) Malcolm X
B) Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Fred Shuttlesworth
D) Bayard Rustin
Answer: B) Martin Luther King Jr.
6. What was the primary goal of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A) To end segregation on public buses
B) To gain voting rights
C) To improve educational facilities
D) To support economic equality
Answer: A) To end segregation on public buses
7. Which civil rights organization supported Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A) NAACP
B) CORE
C) SCLC
D) SNCC
Answer: A) NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
8. What was Rosa Parks’ occupation at the time of her arrest?
A) Teacher
B) Seamstress
C) Nurse
D) Social worker
Answer: B) Seamstress
9. Which U.S. President awarded Rosa Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996?
A) George H. W. Bush
B) Bill Clinton
C) Ronald Reagan
D) Jimmy Carter
Answer: B) Bill Clinton
10. Rosa Parks is often referred to as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” What was her nickname during her lifetime?
A) The First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement
B) The Queen of Civil Rights
C) The Mother of the Movement
D) The Champion of Equality
Answer: A) The First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement
11. What was the name of the court case that challenged the constitutionality of bus segregation laws in Montgomery?
A) Brown v. Board of Education
B) Roe v. Wade
C) Browder v. Gayle
D) Plessy v. Ferguson
Answer: C) Browder v. Gayle
12. Which church was the base of operations for the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
B) Ebenezer Baptist Church
C) 16th Street Baptist Church
D) Mount Zion Baptist Church
Answer: A) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
13. What significant event happened on December 21, 1956, related to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A) The arrest of Rosa Parks
B) The Supreme Court’s ruling on bus segregation
C) The end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
D) The beginning of the boycott
Answer: C) The end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
14. Who was the judge in the Browder v. Gayle case that ruled bus segregation unconstitutional?
A) Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr.
B) Judge John Lewis
C) Judge William H. Hastie
D) Judge Harry Blackmun
Answer: A) Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr.
15. What was Rosa Parks’ role in the NAACP?
A) Executive Director
B) Membership Chair
C) Secretary
D) President
Answer: C) Secretary
16. How did Rosa Parks’ act of defiance impact the civil rights movement?
A) It led to increased violence
B) It inspired nationwide protests and legal actions
C) It had no significant impact
D) It resulted in immediate federal intervention
Answer: B) It inspired nationwide protests and legal actions
17. Which other prominent civil rights leader supported Rosa Parks’ actions and the subsequent boycott?
A) Malcolm X
B) Andrew Young
C) Rosa Parks’ husband, Raymond Parks
D) Stokely Carmichael
Answer: C) Rosa Parks’ husband, Raymond Parks
18. What was the name of the local newspaper that supported Rosa Parks and the boycott?
A) The Montgomery Advertiser
B) The New York Times
C) The Washington Post
D) The Birmingham News
Answer: A) The Montgomery Advertiser
19. Rosa Parks was born in which state?
A) Alabama
B) Georgia
C) Mississippi
D) South Carolina
Answer: A) Alabama
20. What was the reaction of the Montgomery city officials to the boycott?
A) They supported the boycott
B) They tried to suppress it through legal means and intimidation
C) They remained neutral
D) They supported a new transportation system
Answer: B) They tried to suppress it through legal means and intimidation
21. What was the main method of transportation used by African Americans during the boycott?
A) Carpooling
B) Walking
C) Bicycles
D) Taxi services
Answer: A) Carpooling
22. Which U.S. Supreme Court case declared bus segregation unconstitutional?
A) Brown v. Board of Education
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Browder v. Gayle
D) Loving v. Virginia
Answer: C) Browder v. Gayle
23. Rosa Parks was arrested for violating which law?
A) Alabama’s segregation laws
B) Civil rights violations
C) Vagrancy laws
D) Public disturbance laws
Answer: A) Alabama’s segregation laws
24. In what year did Rosa Parks retire from her work at the NAACP?
A) 1970
B) 1980
C) 1990
D) 2000
Answer: A) 1970
25. Which famous civil rights activist was inspired by Rosa Parks’ actions and was a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr.?
A) Bayard Rustin
B) Ella Baker
C) John Lewis
D) Malcolm X
Answer: C) John Lewis
26. What did Rosa Parks do after she moved to Detroit?
A) Continued her activism and worked in education
B) Became a professional speaker
C) Worked as a civil rights consultant
D) Retired from public life
Answer: A) Continued her activism and worked in education
27. Which U.S. President awarded Rosa Parks the Congressional Gold Medal?
A) George H. W. Bush
B) Bill Clinton
C) George W. Bush
D) Barack Obama
Answer: C) George W. Bush
28. What was the title of Rosa Parks’ autobiography?
A) “Rosa Parks: My Story”
B) “I Am Rosa Parks”
C) “Rosa Parks: The Quiet Revolution”
D) “The Mother of the Movement”
Answer: A) “Rosa Parks: My Story”
29. What organization did Rosa Parks co-found to continue her activism work?
A) The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
B) The Civil Rights Defense Fund
C) The Montgomery Improvement Association
D) The NAACP Youth Council
Answer: A) The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
30. What role did Rosa Parks play in the Civil Rights Movement besides her act of defiance on the bus?
A) She was a prominent speaker at rallies
B) She organized voter registration drives
C) She worked behind the scenes in various civil rights organizations
D) She led protests against segregation laws
Answer: C) She worked behind the scenes in various civil rights organizations
31. Which prominent activist was a key supporter of Rosa Parks and helped lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A) James Farmer
B) Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Ella Baker
D) Fred Shuttlesworth
Answer: B) Martin Luther King Jr.
32. What did Rosa Parks’ act of civil disobedience symbolize in the broader context of the Civil Rights Movement?
A) The beginning of violent protest
B) A demand for political reform
C) The power of individual resistance and nonviolent protest
D) An end to segregation
Answer: C) The power of individual resistance and nonviolent protest
33. Rosa Parks was a member of which organization that played a crucial role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
B) The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
C) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
D) The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Answer: C) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
34. What did Rosa Parks do in her early career that was related to civil rights advocacy?
A) She worked as a public speaker
B) She helped organize voter registration drives
C) She was involved in the Montgomery Improvement Association
D) She worked as a journalist
Answer: B) She helped organize voter registration drives
35. How did Rosa Parks’ life change after the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A) She became a national figure and continued her activism
B) She moved to a different country
C) She retired from public life
D) She stopped advocating for civil rights
Answer: A) She became a national figure and continued her activism