Voting Rights Act Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Voting Rights Act? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. In the jail of what city did Martin Luther King Jr. write his famous 1963 letter?
Selma
Montgomery
Birmingham
New York City
Q. What President did LBJ precede?
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Thomas Jefferson
Q. What president did Martin Luther King, Jr. urge President John F. Kennedy to emulate?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Q. Whose stand against public transportation segregation inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Sojourner Truth
Rosa Parks
Ella Fitzgerald
Malcolm X
Q. LBJ was appointed to be JFK's vice president because:
He would appeal to Southern Democrats
JFK hired him specifically for his policy expertise
They both were commonly referred to by their initials
To prevent him from being Senator Goldwater's Vice Presidential nominee