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Official question #112US Citizenship Test
What did the civil rights movement do?
Correct answer
Fought to end racial discrimination
Why
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, with leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, fought to end racial discrimination and segregation. It led to laws such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Answer choices
- AWon independence from Britain
- BEnded the Great Depression
- CFought to end racial discrimination
- DGave 18-year-olds the right to vote