Civil Rights Review (American History)

Multiple Choice

Segregated buses, restrooms, and restaurants are all examples of which type of segregation?

• De Jure Segregation (required by law)

• De Facto Segregation (by custom)

Multiple Choice

What is Jackie Robinson best known for?

• Earned the Medal of Honor during WWII

• First black major league baseball player

• First person of color elected to US Congress

• Refused to give up his seat on a segregated bus

Multiple Choice

Which organization frequently filed lawsuits to challenge segregation?

• NAACP

• SNCC

• AARP

• SCLC

Multiple Choice

Which court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and the Separate But Equal Doctrine?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

Multiple Choice

Why did President Eisenhower sent the US Army to Little Rock Central HS?

• To force the school to integrate

• To ensure there were no communist spies

• To protect the teachers

• There was threat of foreign attack

Multiple Choice

What happened to Emmett Till in the summer of 1955?

• He registered to vote

• He became the frist person of color to graduate from an integrated school

• He was drafted to serve into the war in Vietnam

• He was murdered by two men after allegations of being inappropriate with a white woman

Multiple Choice

What happened to the two men put on trial for the death of Till?

• They were sentenced to life in prison

• They were found not guilty by an all-white jury

• They were sentenced to community service

• They were pardoned of all crimes by their governor

Multiple Choice

What was the result of Rosa Parks protest of the segregated bus system in Montgomery, Alabama?

• The passage of the 19th amendment

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Bloody Sunday

• Freedom Summer

Multiple Choice

Which city did MLK consider to be the most segregated city in America?

• Selma

• Raleigh

• Atlanta

• Birmingham

Multiple Choice

To argue in support of voting rights, MLK organized the March on Washington where he gave the ________________speech.

• Cross of Gold

• I Have a Dream

• Peace Through Strength

• I Am A Man

Multiple Choice

What did the Freedom Riders during "Freedom Summer"?

• Rode buses throughout the south to challenge segregation

• Protested and marched

• Wrote a series of letters to Congress

• Voter Registration Drives

Multiple Choice

To push President Johnson to sign a new voting rights bill, MLK organized a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. What happened as a result of the planned march?

• "Bloody Sunday" where marchers were attacked by local police

• King was arrested an jailed

• Freedom Summer

• An increase of Jim Crow Laws

Multiple Choice

What happened as a result of the violence at Selma?

• FBI investigations

• The passage of the 14th Amendment

• President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law

• The selection of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court

Multiple Choice

What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr in 1968?

• He spke at the March on Washington

• He was shot and killed while in Memphis, TN

• He was jailed in Birmingham

• He was elected President of the NAACP

Multiple Choice

Which of the following were banned by Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Poll Taxes

• Literacy Tests

• Discrimination

• All of the Above