Civil Rights Movement Addams

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 amendment ensured citizenship and the basic rights of all citizens?  

• 13th amendment
• 14th amendment
• 15th amendment
• 16th amendment

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

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

Which president ordered the infantry division to be sent in to protect 9 African American students as they integrated central High school in little rock Arkansas? 

• Dwight Eisenhower
• John F Kennedy
• Lyndon Johnson
• Richard Nixon

which supreme court case ruled that separation is okay so long as it is equal? 

• Plessy V. Ferguson
• Dred Scott v. Sanford
• Marbury v. Madison
• Miranda v. Arizona

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What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

• Segregation of public schools became illegal
• African Americans began to play professional sports
• Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus

The March on Washington was most famous because . . .

• it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
• 200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
• the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
• Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement

Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
• Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
• Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
• Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting

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Which type of protest did Martin Luther King oppose during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Sit-in
• Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• Race Riots