Civil Rights

Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed that banned discrimination based on race, religion, sex, and national origin

• True

• False

Which court case that declared segregation in schools LEGAL?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which court case that declared segregation of schools ILLEGAL?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Plessy v. Ferguson

This lawyer helped argue for Brown in Brown v. Board of Education.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Who was a civil rights leader who advanced women's rights in the military and the government?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Who was a main leader in the fight for African Americans' equal rights in the 1960s?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Who created a program to promote social and economic advancements in America?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Bus rides to the South to ensure desegregation was enforced are called

• Rosa Parks

• Jim Crow Laws

• Freedom Rides

• The Great Society

Which amendment that gave women the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

Who is the Civil rights leader who founded CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

• James L Farmer

• Thurgood Marshall

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Dr. Hector Garcia