Civil Rights Unit

Which U.S. Supreme Court case is the subject of the excerpt above?

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Hernandez v. Texas
• Brown v. Board of Education

Who says, "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!" He is also the governor of Alabama who does not allow 2 AA students to enter the University of Alabama. 

• Lester Maddox 
• Joseph McCarthy 
• George Wallace 
• Orval Faubus 

What event is being described in the picture which used non-violent activist actions? 

• Freedom Riders
• Montgomery Bus Boycott 
• Greensboro Sit-ins
• March on Washington 

After Brown v. Board of Education, 9 AA students were admitted into a High School. The governor and state national guard stood in front of the doors stopping the admission. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort the students. Where did the event take place?

• Little Rock, Arkansas
• Montgomery, Alabama 
• Washington DC
• Del Rio, Texas 

What court case stated, "We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherintly unequal."

• Plessy v. Ferguson 
• Brown v. Board of Education 
• Tinker v. Des Moines 
• Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

How did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech impact the civil rights movement?

• It called for violent resistance, resulting in riots across the country.
• It inspired many people, giving strength and momentum to the movement.
• It was largely ignored by the movement, though regarded as a superbly written speech.
• It was considered controversial and fragmented the movement into small groups.

Which of the following is an example of de jure (legal segregation)?

• White Flight
• Jim Crow Laws
• DuBois Factor
• Title IX

This type of segregation occurs without any laws forcing it

• de jure
• de facto
• de marce
• de quere

This NAACP lawyer used the 14th Amendment to work to integrate public schools

• Harry Truman
• Thurgood Marshall
• Antonin Scalia
• Sarah O'Connor

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.