How did newspapers and media play a role in the Civil Rights Movement?

They showed how unfair Jim Crow laws were and helped convince people to join the Civil Rights Movement

They showed how great Jim Crow laws were

They made a lot of money following Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was added, outlawing poll taxes. How did poll taxes discriminate against African Americans?

They kept many African Americans from voting.

They prevented African Americans from attending certain schools.

They kept many African Americans from finding employment.

They segregated African Americans on buses and in restaurants.

refuse to buy, do, or use something to protest or make change

help teach others to read and write

What did the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Ferguson establish?

The doctrine of “separate but equal”

The idea that all men are created equal

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

A law that banned segregation in the United States

A law that gave women the right to vote

A law that give Native Americans equal rights

A law that banned smoking in public places

Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:

Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education

Organizing the March on Washington

Giving African Americans the right to vote

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

It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal

It gave black women the right to vote

It gave all blacks the right to vote

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

It allowed blacks to run for public office

It ended segregation in schools

The March on Washington was most famous because . . .

Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement

it caused race riots in the nation's Capital

200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote

the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march

Why was Birmingham, AL targeted for a civil rights campaign?

It was the most segregated city in the South

Because Birmingham supported civil rights

President Kennedy was born there

It was the only southern city that was segregated

Jim Crow Laws are what?

Laws that enforced strict separation of the races

Laws protecting African Americans

Laws that restored equal rights to African Americans

Laws that restricted voting rights in the North

"Freedom Summer" involved what?

Volunteers help African Americans register to vote

Volunteers help African Americans find jobs

MLK traveled across the US promoting civil rights

Malcolm X urged African Americans to fight against whites

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affect employment?

Outlawed job discrimination and created the EEOC

Federal government could segregate schools

It gave employers the right to discriminate

Gave employees the right to organize unions

When did the Black Panther Party believe African Americans would be free?

When they had full control of their communities

When everyone has a high standard of living

When all technology is taken from businessmen

When the government gave everyone employment

Which two people began the Black Panther Party?

Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver

How was the Black Panther Party different than MLK?

They advocated the use of armed resistance

They were a religious organization

They called for peaceful protests and MLK did not

Separating people based on the color of their skin

The federal government responded to which issue by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

unfair lending practices by banks

unequal representation in local legislatures

inadequate medical services in urban areas

What role did Arkansas governor Orval Faubus play in the Little Rock Crisis?

He challenged the authority of the federal government to desegregate schools.

He vetoed legislation to establish a separate school system for whites and blacks.

He helped minimize race-related violence by establishing integrated advisory groups.

He refused assistance from the federal government to improve minority graduation rates.

Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their 15th Amendment rights?

the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

the Supreme Court decision in Sweat v. Painter

the executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army

the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

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

created a legal justification for segregation laws

established a legal remedy for victims of discrimination

affirmed the legality of federal regulation of state elections

recognized pubic protests as a legal form of civil disobedience

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An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

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Rosa Parks

Michelle Obama

Coretta King

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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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How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?

It gave free transportation to African Americans

It segregated buses in America

It made Rosa Parks lots of money

It helped de-segregate buses in America

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What are Civil Rights?

Rights that only some citizens get

Rights that all citizens get

Rights that are civil

Rights that are controlled by the president

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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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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This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting.

Civil Rights Act

Voting Rights Act

Civil Rights Movement

24th Amendment

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This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender, or religion.

Voting Rights Act

Civil Rights Act

15th Amendment

Civil Rights Movement

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Civil Rights Movement Quiz

An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

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:

How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?

What are Civil Rights?

Martin Luther King Jr believed in

This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting.

This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender, or religion.

How did newspapers and media play a role in the Civil Rights Movement?

In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was added, outlawing poll taxes. How did poll taxes discriminate against African Americans?

Boycott means

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