Civil rights Review

How did the event described by Rosa Parks in this excerpt affect the Civil Rights Movement?

• It changed the way police arrested public protesters
• It resulted in a bus boycott that lasted more than a year
• It led to an increase in the number of registered voters in southern states
• It prompted the government to station the National Guard in souther states

In the late 1800s, the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson - 

• established a legal remedy for victims of discrimination 
• created a legal justification for segregation laws 
• affirmed the legality of federal regulation of state elections
• recognized public protests as a legal form of civil disobedience 

Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?

• The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter
• The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army
• The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
• The Supremem Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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• G
• H
• J

Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:

• Allow children to work long hours in factories
• Segregate schools based on people’s skin color
• Pay black people less than white people for similar work
• Return an escaped slave to his/her master  

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 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?

• Freedom Rides
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• March from  Selma to Montgomery

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 Martin Luther King Jr believed in

• Violent protests
• Really loud protests
• Non-violent protests
• Violence  when needed protests

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Which of the following actions would MLK Jr. support?

• segregation in the US military.
• African Americans carrying guns while protesting.
• the arrest of Rosa Parks.
• blacks sitting at an all white lunch counter waiting to be served.

These kept African Americans from voting.

• literacy tests and poll taxes
• citizenship and writing
• having a job and car.
• being born in the South.

Which organization fought for equal rights for women in all aspects of life?

• NAACP

• VISTA

• NOW

• CORE