Civil Rights Movement

African Americans secured the passage of civil rights legislation by…

• Electing African Americans to U.S. Congress

• Working through the court system and mass protests

• Pushing for legislation through referendum

• Conducting work stoppages around the country

The Civil Rights Act of 1964…

• Promoted the election of African Americans to public office

• Was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy

• Led to the appointment of the first African American to the president’s Cabinet

• Prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender

Which Supreme Court case originally allowed separate but equal facilities for black and white Americans?

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

Which Supreme Court case outlawed segregation in schools?

• Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education

• Heart of Atlanta v. United States

• Loving v. Virginia

• Brown v. Board of Education

The goal of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 was to protest segregation on city buses by…

• Placing political pressure on the city leaders to outlaw segregation

• Putting economic pressure on the city bus company by not riding the buses

• Advocating further mass protests that would disrupt the city

• Threatening several class-action lawsuits against the city

The practice of literacy tests at polling places was outlawed by the passage of the…

• 15th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• 19th Amendment

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

During the 1963 March on Washington, what speech did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. give that inspired participants?

• “I Have a Dream”

• “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”

• “Birmingham Jail”

• “Black Power”

Which event became known as “Bloody Sunday” because of the violence against non-violent protesters?

• Greensboro Sit-ins

• March from Selma to Montgomery

• March on Washington

• Freedom Rides

Which Civil Rights leader believed deeply in the power of nonviolent protest?

• Stokely Carmichael

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Malcolm X

• John F. Kennedy

Which Civil Rights activist’s protest helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Stokely Carmichael

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X