EE Civil Rights 2024

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• let African Americans ride the bus.
• deny someone of a job because of their race.
• fire someone for not doing their job.
• kick someone out of the military.

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster

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Who played a pivotal role in boycotting the Montgomery Bus line after being arrested ?  

• Ida Wells 
• Rosa Parks 
• Ella Baker
• Coretta Scott King

Which governor tried to prevent 9 african american students from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas ? 

• George Wallace
• Orval Faubus 
• Strom Thurmond
• Lester Maddox

Which civil rights leader advocated separation  for African Americans and was opposed to integration ?

• Martin Luther King
• Medgar Evers
• Malcolm X
• Eldrige Cleaver

Who wrote the Feminine  Mystique  ? 

• Gloria Steinem
• Betty Friedan 
• Sylvia Plath 
• Simone De Beauvoir

Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) in 1966 primarily to

• a.  secure voting rights for Mexican Americans
• a.  improve working conditions for migrant laborers
• a.  provide legal assistance to illegal aliens
• a.  increase farm income

In both the Delgado v. Bastrop ISD and Mendez v. Westminster U.S. Supreme Court cases, the court ruled that —

• students have a right to free speech at schools
• racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional
• girls and boys can have separate but equal facilities
• schools must offer athletics to Mexican American students