Civil Rights

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

• Guzman V. School

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Miranda V. Arizona

• Plessy V. Ferguson

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

• Dolores Huerta

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ceaser Chavez

What was the significance of sending federal troops to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

• It showed that the government would enforce court decisions on integration.

• It was the first time martial law had been declared in the united states

• It proved that the federal government was weak.

• It showed that states' governments had full control over education.

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dream that the United States would reach a time, "..when all of God's children, black men and white men, . . . will be able to join hands.." This speech expressed his desire to-

• Unite all churches into one religious faith

• Establish religious freedom

• Create a separate free nation for African Americans

• Replace racial segregation with an integrated society

In his "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail", Dr. King said, "I would agree with Saint Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'"

This statement was used by Dr. King to show support for-

• Social Darwinism

• Separation of church and state

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Disobedience

Civil Rights legislation that outlawed the use of literacy tests & poll taxes; enforced the 15th amendment

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• 15th Amendment Act of 1965

• Voter Registration Act of 1965

Young man's death, from Chicago, in Mississippi for allegedly "whistling" at a white woman; mother showed the world what life for blacks was like in the South

• Rosa Parks

• Claudette Colvin

• Emmett Till

• Jackie Robinson

380 days of bus boycott in Alabama due to the unlawful arrest of Rosa Parks; displayed the unconstitutional segregation on public buses

• March on Washington

• Sit-Ins

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Ride

President Truman instituted this executive order to initiate the desegregation/integration of America's armed forces

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Armed Forces Act

• Executive Order 9981

Civil Rights organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr.; sought racial equality and the ending of Jim Crow Laws & enforcement of the 15th amendment

• Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

• United Farm Workers

• Civil Rights Freedom Fighters

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference