Civil Rights

Which of the following established legal racial segregation and prompted the passage of the Jim Crow laws?

• The Fourteenth Amendment

• The Civil Rights Act of 1875

• The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• The decision in Morgan v. Virginia

Which doctrine relating to public education was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court decision in the landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Education?

• Due process of law.

• "separate but equal".

• all deliberate speed".

• Equal protection of the law.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?

• Housing.

• Churches.

• Private universities

• Public places

What is de facto segregation?

• segregation by practice and custom

• segregation by law

• segregation by violence

• segregation by choice

To achieve victory in the struggle for civil rights, Martin L. King, Jr., and other members of SCLC encouraged a policy of

• Armed confrontation.

• Lawsuits.

• Nonviolent protest.

• National strikes.

One accomplishment of the ____ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.

• Little Rock Nine.

• Freedom riders.

• Black Panthers.

• Freedom summer.

De jure segregation is segregation that results from ___.

• Laws.

• Random choice.

• Habit and custom

• Inequalities in education.

Appealing to many African Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power, ___ preached a

militant approach to civil rights.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Medgar Evars.

• Fannie Lou Hamer.

Which of the following was a result of the civil rights movement?

• The federal government rebuilt the nation's ghettos.

• De facto segregation ended in the North.

• Racism in the South came to an end.

• Thousands of African Americans could register and vote for the first time.

Civil rights activists used this technique to force segregated establishments (businesses / restaurants) to serve African Americans.

• Freedom rides

• Boycotts.

• Sit-ins.

• The March on Washington.