CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

What best describes the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education?

• declared that "separate but equal" facilities based on race are inherently unconstitutional

• it reaffirmed the decision of Plessy vs Ferguson

• ruled that universities must be open to people of all races

• Kansas schools were to be desegregated as an experiment for racial integration

Legalized segregation of the races was made constitutional by which Supreme Court case?

• Minersville School District v. Gobitis

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Univ. of California v. Bakke

• Brown v. Board of Education

Which of these was a major reason for the rise of the modern civil rights era of the 1950's?

• Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs

• the election of African-American governors in Southern states

• the federal government's pledge to enforce the post-Civil War Amendments

• the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. The Board of Education, Topeka, KS

Which action taken by President Harry S Truman represents an attempt to respond to civil rights concerns?

• outlawing segregation in public transportation

• desegregating the military

• outlawing segregation in federal buildings

• outlawing segregation in public transportation

Which person is most closely associated with the principle of nonviolent resistance?

• John F. Kennedy

• Stokely Carmichael

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Which civil rights leader is credited with raising the self-esteem of black Americans, reconnecting them with their African heritage, and is responsible for the spread of Islam in the black community in the United States in the 1960s?

• Marcus Garvey

• Louis Farrakhan

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

In the 1954 Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision, Chief Justice Earl Warren stated "We conclude that the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

The Brown decision led to the desegregation of what social institutions?

• churches

• families

• governments

• schools

· John F. Kennedy

· Martin Luther King Jr.

· Robert F. Kennedy

During which decade were these leaders assassinated?

• the 1950s

• the 1960s

• the 1970s

• the 1980s

What is meant by the term "segregation" in U.S. history?

• the end of the ban on alcohol

• allowing all people to be equal

• separate facilities for the races

• spending tax dollars on certain projects

Why did Rosa Parks refuse to surrender her bus seat in 1955?

• she was dared by a friend

• she was an an unfriendly person

• she was tired after a long day's work

• she was protesting segregated seating