Civil Rights Era

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  

 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

 Martin Luther King Jr believed in

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

Where Rosa Parks was arrested here when she refused to give up her seat on the bus. Also the site of a major bus boycott.

• Atlanta, GA

• Montgomery, AL

• Washington, D.C.

• Savannah, GA

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

• 1964 Civil Rights Act

• 1965 Voting Rights Act

• Civil Rights Movement

• 24th Amendment

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

• 1965 Voting Rights Act

• 1964 Civil Rights Act

• 15th Amendment

• Civil Rights Movement

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

• They showed how great Jim Crow laws were
• They showed how unfair Jim Crow laws were and helped convince people to join the Civil Rights Movement
•  They made a lot of money following Martin Luther King Jr. 
• All of the above

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• let African Americans ride the bus.
• deny someone of a job because of their race.
• fire someone for not doing their job.
• kick someone out of the military.

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD