Civil Rights and S.C.

What group(s) formed to fight the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision and keep segregation?  

• Friendship Nine
• White Citizens Councils
• Knights of the White Camelias
• National Urban League

Which civil rights leader from S.C. founded citizenship schools to improve literacy and African-American voter registration? 

• Modjeska Simkins
• Septima Clark
• Matthew J. Perry
• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Which civil rights leader from S.C. founded citizenship schools to improve literacy and African-American voter registration? 

• Modjeska Simkins
• Septima Clark
• Matthew J. Perry
• Martin Luther King, Jr.

What S.C. civil rights leader worked on the Briggs v. Elliott case and the Elmore v. Rice case?

• Septima Clark
• Modjeska Simkins
• Angela Davis
• Rosa Parks

What S.C. lawyer fought segregation in the courts and later became a federal judge?

• Matthew J. Perry
• Harry Briggs
• Jesse Jackson
• Al Sharpton

Which peaceful form of protest was used to desegregate all white restaurants in the South?

• Sit-ins
• Peace camps
• Hunger strikes
• Whistleblowing‎ 

What strategy was used by the Friendship Nine in S.C. that was adopted by other civil rights protesters? 

• Double "V"
• Jail, no bail
• Sitdown strikes
• Bus boycotts

Why did many southern whites leave the Democratic Party in 1948?

• The party promoted civil rights
• The party refused to allow African-Americans to register to vote
• The party only nominated northern candidates for office
• The party wanted to keep the military segregated

What actions did Strom Thurmond take to oppose the Brown decision and the Civil Rights Movement?

• He wrote the "Southern Manifesto"
• He called for a white bus boycott
• He led a "March on Washington"
• He resigned his seat in Congress

What famous case did the Briggs v. Elliott case become part of?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Elmore v. Rice
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade