Civil Rights Vocabulary

What was the results of the Brown vs. Board of Education court case in 1954?

• A. Segregation of public schools became illegal

• B. African Americans began to play professional sports.

• C. Martin Luther King Jr led the March on Washington protest.

• D. 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:

• A. Assassinating John F. Kennedy

• B. Organizing the March on Washington

• C. Winning the court case of Brown vs. the Board of Education (1954)

• D. 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 supported.)

• A. Robert F. Kennedy

• B. Lee Harvey Oswald

• C. Martin Luther King Jr.

• D. Thurgood Marshall

What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• A. It gave black women the right to vote.

• B. It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal.

• C. It made the Jim Crow Laws illegal.

• D. It gave all blacks the right to vote.

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• A. It made the Jim Crow Laws illegal.

• B. Lee Harvey Oswald

• C. Martin Luther King Jr.

• D. Thurgood Marshall

The March on Washington in 1963 was most famous because...

• A. it caused race riots in the nation's Capital.

• B. 200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote in 1963.

• C. the KKK became an illegal organization as a result of the march.

• D. 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?

• A. Segregation on buses became illegal within a few days of Rosa Parks beginning a protest.

• B. Segregation on busses became illegal after many months of protesting.

• C. Thousands of blacks blockaded the streets so that busses could not finish their routes.

• D. Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person.

9. How did the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr affect the Civil Rights movement?

• A. The movement gained strength, because people of all races were outraged and the event gained national attention on TV, radio, and in the newspaper.

• B. People were heartbroken but the Civil Rights movement slowed because it missed MLK's emphasis on non-violent leadership.

• C. The movement continued on without MLK because he wasn't that important.

• D. MLK's death had no effect on the Civil Rights movement.

What was the purpose of the 24th amendment?

• A. It ended slavery.

• B. It ended segregation based on race.

• C. It made poll taxes illegal.

• D. It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be chosen to serve on the Supreme Court.

Why was President John F. Kennedy very popular with African Americans before his assassination in 1963?

• A. He was very involved with Civil Rights, and even introduced the Civil Rights Bill which became a law a year after his death.

• B. He was not popular with African Americans.

• C. He was responsible for making poll taxes and literacy tests illegal before his assassination.

• D. He helped organize the March on Washington alongside Martin Luther King Jr.