USII.9a Civil Rights Quiz Review

What amendment abolished slavery?

• 16th
• 15th
• 14th
• 13th

Separating people based on race is called:

• Segregation
• Integration
• Resistance
• Idealism

An unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc.

• Idealism
• Prejudice
• Racism
• Equality

What court case ruled for "separate but equal"?

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board the Education
• Scott v. Sanford
• Marbury v. Madison

"No person shall require any white female nurse to nurse in hospitals...in which negro men are placed."

This law is an example of which of the following?

• Homer Plessy

• Dred Scott

• Thurgood Marshal

• Jim Crow

Who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up a seat on the bus to a white man?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• James Meredith
• Medgar Evers
• Rosa Parks

In the 1954 trial of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that:

• private schools should be controlled by the federal government
• issues of segregation should be decided by the states
• segregated public schools are unconstitutional
• the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued

The Civil Rights Movement sought to integrate society. What does this mean?

• Repeal laws that forced African Americans to remain separate from whites.

• Overthrow the government.

• Built new houses and schools for African Americans.

• Make sure African Americans received more privileges than whites.

What is the elimination of segregation?

• Civil Disobedience
• Desegregation
• Stereotype
• Racism

The showdown in Little Rock, the sit-in movement, and Freedom Riders showed that

• the federal government sided with the protesters
• most white southerners welcomed change and joined the protesters
• the civil rights movement had achieved its goals
• many white southerners resisted integration and used violence against protesters