Civil Rights Practice Test

How did the Tuskegee Airmen change our society?

• a

• People began to realize that African American soldiers deserved the same respect and honor as white soldiers.

What was Ruby Bridge's reaction to being escorted to school by federal marshals?

• She didn't understand what racism was at 6 years old.

• She wanted to give up the fight for equality.

• She was proud to stand up for civil rights at school.

• She became angry at white people.

Who was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshalll

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

Who was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court?

• Martin Luther King,Jr.

• Oliver Brown

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

What early step for Civil Rights did President Truman take in 1948?

• repealing Jim Crow laws nationwide.

• desegregation of the military.

• sending the national guard to escort black students attending all-white schools

• abolishing homework in all schools

What laws enforced segregation of people based on race?

• segregation laws

• Jim Crow laws

• integration laws

• civil rights laws

What role did Thurgood Marshall play in the Civil Rights Movement?

• He organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott

• He gave a speech in Washington,D.C. called 'I Have A Dream"

• He argued in the Brown vs. Board of Education case before the Supreme Court

• He was the first all-black student to attend an all-white school.

Explain the injustice of voting laws before the Civil Rights Movement.

• Some states passed laws that said that people have to be able to read in order to vote. What happened is that white people could vote whether they could read or not but African American people weren't allowed to.

• b

What event belongs next?

1-Supreme Court rules in Brown vs. Board of Education.

2-Schools required to desegregate.

3-Nine African American students enroll in Little Rock Central High School.

4- ?

• The governor sends Arkansas National Guard to keep African American students out.

• The buses in Montgomery are desegregated.

• Rosa Parks is arrested.

• Thurgood Marshall argues for desegregation in the Supreme Court.

What event belongs in Box 5?

What event belongs next?

1-Supreme Court rules in Brown vs. Board of Education.

2-Schools required to desegregate.

3-Nine African American students enroll in Little Rock Central High School.

4- Rosa Parks is arrested.

5-?

• Rosa Parks is arrested.

• President Truman orders the desegregation of the military.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed.

• President Eisenhower sends Army troops to escort the students to school.