Riddles With Answers

In 1965, protesters planned a 54-mile march to Montgomery from what city?

Birmingham
Mobile
Selma
Tuscaloosa

The Answer: The correct answer is Selma.

President Harry Truman’s Executive Order 9981 ended segregation where?

Armed Forces
Restaurants
Buses
Courthouses

The Answer: The correct answer is Armed Forces.

The 24th Amendment included a prohibition on what?

Segregation
Poll tax
Alcohol sales
Sit-ins

The Answer: The correct answer is Poll tax.

What was the name of the 1964 voter registration drive in Mississippi?

Freedom Summer
Rights for All
Mississippi Voice
Vote Now

The Answer: The correct answer is Freedom Summer.

What President signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Answer: The correct answer is Lyndon B. Johnson.

What city did Oliver Brown file a lawsuit against in 1951?

Little Rock, Arkansas
Frankfort, Kentucky
Jackson, Mississippi
Topeka, Kansas

The Answer: The correct answer is Topeka, Kansas.

What nonviolent protest was popularized at a Woolworth’s lunch counter?

Boycotts
Sit-ins
Hunger strikes
Petitions

The Answer: The correct answer is Sit-ins.

In 1968, Olympic medalists raised the Black Power salute after what event?

Rugby Sevens
Javelin
200 meters
High Jump

The Answer: The correct answer is 200 meters.

W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells were co-founders of what organization?

NAACP
Black Panthers
SNCC
CORE

The Answer: The correct answer is NAACP.

Ruby Bridges became known for her role in desegregating what?

Supreme Court
U.S. military
Elementary school
Diners

The Answer: The correct answer is Elementary school.