Civil Rights

Which type of protest did Martin Luther

King Jr. oppose (not agree with) during the

civil rights movement?

• Race Riots

• Sit-in

• Bus Boycott

• March on Washington

What was the result of the Brown vs. Board of

Education court case in 1954?

• Segregation of public schools became

  illegal

• African Americans began to play

  professional sports

• Martin Luther King Jr. led the March on

  Washington protest

• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on

  a bus

Thurgood Marshall the first African American

Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for

which of the following:

• Assassinating John F. Kennedy

• Organizing the March on

  Washington

• Winning the court case of Brown

  vs. the Board of Education (1954)

• Giving African Americans the right

  to vote

Which person below was a United States Senator

who was assassinated while running for

president in 1968? (He was also a strong Civil

Rights supporter.)

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Robert F. Kennedy

• Lee Harvey Oswald

What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act

of 1965?

• It gave black women the right to vote.

• It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal.

• It made the Jim Crow Laws illegal.

• It gave all blacks the right to vote.

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of

1964?

• It made the Jim Crow Laws illegal.

• It allowed blacks to run for public office, such

  governor or even president.

• It ended segregation in schools.

• It made poll taxes illegal.

The March on Washington in 1963 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 in 1963.

• the KKK became an illegal organization as a

  result of the march

• Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous, “I

  Have a Dream” speech, which inspired hundreds

  of thousands of people to help the Civil Rights

  movement.

Which of the following best describes the

Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Segregation on buses became illegal within a few

  days of Rosa Parks beginning a protest.

• Segregation on buses became illegal after many

  months of protesting.

• Thousands of blacks blockaded 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.

How did the assassination of Martin Luther

King Jr. affect the Civil Rights movement?

• The movement gained strength, because people

  of all races were outraged and the event gained

  national attention on TV, radio and in the

  newspaper.

• People were heartbroken but the Civil Rights

  movement slowed because it missed MLK’s

  emphasis on non-violent leadership

• The movement continued on without MLK

  because he wasn’t that important.

• MLK’s death had no effect on the Civil Rights

  movement.

What was the purpose of the 24th amendment?

• It ended slavery

• It ended segregation based on race

• It made poll taxes illegal.

• It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be

  chosen to serve on the Supreme Court