Civil Rights Movement

MLK was assassinated in what year?

• 1978
• 1868
• 1988
• 1968

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What piece of Congressional legislation (law) was passed as a result of the 1963 March on Washington?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• G.I. Bill

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

• made racial discrimination & segregation illegal

• enforced Jim Crow laws

• desegregated public schools

• lowered the voting age to 18

1. Which President integrated/desegregated the U.S. Military?

• John F Kennedy

• Lyndon B Johnon

• Harry S Truman

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

5.What was the ruling of Brown v Board of Education and what ruling did it overturn?

• Women have a right to an abortion, Miranda v Arizona

• Minorities have to be on juries, Delago v Bastrop ISD

• Citizens have few rights when in school, Tinker v Des Moines

• Segregation in schools is unconstitutional, Plessy V Ferguson

15.Which of these describes the Voting RIghts Act of 1965?

• Bans employer discrimination and public segregation

• Bans voter intimidation and literacy tests

• Bans poll taxes

• Students can join any school activity regardless of gender

Why did President Eisenhower use the US Army to escort the Little Rock Nine to classes and break the National Guard's blockade?

• He was pressured to protect the families by international protests

• Student letters convinced Eisenhower to break the blockade

• He needed to enforce the Supreme Court's ruling on desegregating schools.

• Eisenhower had family who attended the school

4. What was Sweatt v. Painter (1950) about?

• Mexican American students being segregated in schools

• UT's law school for blacks not being "seperate but equal"

• Schools have unequal funding

• The rights of citizens when they are arrested

What case said when under arrest officers had to read people their rights and what Amendment protects this?

• Brown v Board; 6th Amendment

• Miranda v. Arizona; 5th Amendment

• Plessy v Ferguson; 5th Amendment

• Hernandez v Texas- 14th Amendment

What was the goal of the Freedom Riders during their 1961 Freedom Rides?

• To end segregation in schools

• To ensure the creation of a Civil Rights Bill

• To end segregation on buses and other forms of transportation

• To end the ban on interracial marriage