Civil Rights

Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed that banned discrimination based on race, religion, sex, and national origin

• True

• False

Which court case that declared segregation of schools ILLEGAL?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Plessy v. Ferguson

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• let African Americans ride the bus.
• deny someone of a job because of their race.
• fire someone for not doing their job.
• kick someone out of the military.

What are Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
• Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal

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Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy

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The Chicano Civil Rights Movement wanted-

• extension on their visas

• better pay and working conditions

• work longer hours with little pay

• government grants for college

Sports programs were desegregated due to the efforts of people like-

• Hank Aaron

• Tiger Woods

• Babe Ruth

• Jackie Robinson

Who was a main leader in the fight for African Americans' equal rights in the 1960s?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Which national organization that helped fight for equal rights for African Americans?

• LULAC

• NCAA

• NRA

• NAACP

Where did the most famous bus boycott take place?

• Birmingham, Al

• Memphis, TN

• Montgomery, AL

• Little Rock, Arkansas