Intro Civil Rights Movement

Laws passed by states following the Civil War to separate Blacks from whites such as separate schools.

• Jim Crow Laws

• Apartheid

• Ethnic Cleansing

• Nuremberg Laws

This amendment to the constitution granted African Americans citizenship and equal protection of the law.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

What did the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson establish?

• Reversed the Brown v. Board decision

• Ruled that Blacks were not citizens and therefore could not present cases to the Supreme Court

• Legalized Jim Crow Laws--"separate but equal"

• Redefined the classification of "negro"

What were two goals the 1st phase of the Civil Rights Movement worked towards?

• Equality in employment and housing

• The end to Jim Crow Laws & to exercise the vote

• The end to police brutality and equal wages

• To end discrimination in the military and government jobs

What did Martin Luther King Jr. insist upon as he emerged as a main leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

• That demonstrators fight violence with violence.

• That they use non-violent methods such as sit-ins and marches.

• To use only legal channels supported by the NAACP

• Not to include whites in the movement.

How did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) aid in the Civil Rights Movement?

• They worked to elect politicians supportive of African American's struggle for equality.

• They collected donations to use as bail money for African Americans jailed when arrested for protesting.

• They challenged unfair or unconstitutional laws in the courts often appealing cases to the Supreme Court.

• They focused on winning African Americans fair wages and employment opportunities.

What was the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. the Board of Education?

• Public schools were ordered to desegregate.

• Only public high schools had to desegregate.

• It upheld an earlier ruling that as long as the facilities were equal, there could be separate schools for white and black students.

• Schools were allowed 5 years in which to desegregate.

The right to vote, assemble, petition the government & freedom of speech, the press & religion are examples of what?

• Citizenship

• Civil Rights

• Human Rights

• State Rights

He served as a lawyer for the NAACP and was later appointed to the Supreme Court.

• James Farmer

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• A. Philip Randolph

What action did President Eisenhower take to enforce the integration of Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas?

• He with held federal funding to the school district until they complied with desegregation.

• He removed Governor Faubus from office.

• He allowed them five years in which to comply.

• He ordered 1,000 Federal troops to Little Rock to protect the 9 African American students and to ensure their safety for the entire school year.