Civil Rights Movement Continued - Day 3&4

Civil Rights Movement Continued Day 3&4

Multiple Choice

Which method for achieving civil rights is most associated with Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Obtaining signatures to petition for a referendum

• Using peaceful protests and acts of civil disobedience

• Pursuing litigation through the court system

• Recalling officials in special elections

Multiple Choice

In the late 1800s, the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson —

• established a legal remedy for victims of discrimination

• recognized public protests as a legal form of civil disobedience

• affirmed the legality of federal regulation of state elections

• created a legal justification for segregation laws

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens

• To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings againstdiscrimination in interstate transportation

• cccTo persuade states to enforce discriminatory voter-registration procedures

• To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstatetransportation

Multiple Choice

This is a conflict between peaceful protesting students and the Birmingham police; the conflict brought national attention to the Civil Rights movement.

• March on Washington

• Birmingham March/Riots

• Freedom Summer

• The Great Society

Multiple Choice

Invalidated the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disenfranchised Blacks.

• The Selma March

• SCLC

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Brown v. Board of Education

Multiple Choice

This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws concerning civil rights, including desegregation of school and public places.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The 24th Amendment

• The 21st Amendment