Civil Rights Movement

What were Jim Crow laws?

• Discriminatory laws that segregated black and white people.

• laws that promised equality for African Americans

• Amendments to the Constitution

• Supreme Court Descisions

How did leaders of the Civil Rights Movement fight inequality?

• Military force

• peaceful protests

• violent attacks

• talking to courts

What was the result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• The supreme court banned segregated buses.

• The supreme court banned segregated schools.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Why were African Americans protesting in the 1950s and 1960s?

• they wanted more power than white people

• they wanted to end Jim Crow laws

• they wanted a black president

• they wanted better buses

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• a law that prohibited buses

• a law that prohibited segregated schools

• a law that prohibited discrimination based on race and other factors

• a Jim Crow Law

What was the time period when Black Americans fought for equal rights in society?

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Civil War

• The Jim Crow Era

• The Constitutional Convention

What did Martin Luther King Jr. organize in 1963?

• The March on Selma

• the Women's March on Washington

• The Civil War

• The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Who was the most important leader in the Civil Rights movement?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Malcolm X

• Barack Obama

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

What was Martin Luther King Jr's dream?

• A future where white and black people were separate.

• A future where black people had more rights than white people.

• A future where all people had equal rights and opportunities.

• To be President

What was the result of Linda Brown's situation with her school?

• The Supreme court banned segregated buses.

• The supreme court banned segregated schools.

• Congress passed the Civil Rights Act

• Jim Crow Laws