civil rights movement

Why was President JFK very popular with African Americans?

• He helped organize the March on Washington
• He made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal
• He wasn't popular with African Americans
• He was very involved in Civil Rights and introduced the Civil Rights Bill

How did the assassination of MLK affect the Civil Rights Movement?

• It had no effect
• The movement continued because he wasn't that important
• People were heartbroken and the movement slowed
• The movement gained strength because people of all races were outraged

Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
• Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
• Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
• Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting

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The March on Washington was most famous because . . .

• it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
• 200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
• the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
• Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
• It allowed blacks to run for public office
• It ended segregation in schools
• It made poll taxes illegal

Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:

• Organizing the March on Washington
• Not giving us his bus seat
• Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education
• Giving African Americans the right to vote

What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

• Segregation of public schools became illegal
• African Americans began to play professional sports
• Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus

Who played a pivotal role in boycotting the Montgomery Bus line after being arrested ?  

• Ida Wells 
• Rosa Parks 
• Ella Baker
• Coretta Scott King

Which amendment ensured citizenship and the basic rights of all citizens?  

• 13th amendment
• 14th amendment
• 15th amendment
• 16th amendment

What are Civil Rights?

• Rights that only some citizens get
• Rights that all citizens get
•  Rights that are civil
• Rights that are controlled by the president

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