Civil Rights Quiz Review Warm-Up

Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and lawyer for the NAACP?

• Malcolm X

• Harry Truman

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

The 24th Amendment-

• desegregated public schools

• banned poll taxes in federal elections

• granted African-American men the right to vote

• protects non-violent protest

Which of these prohibits employers from discriminating based on race and gender AND desegregated public facilities?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Twenty-Fourth Amendment

The main impact of Brown v. Board of Education was the-

• end to racism in the South

• prohibition on literacy tests and poll taxes

• desegregation of the armed forces

• integration of public schools

By removing barriers to voting, the Voting Rights Act of 1965-

• contributed to more women holding leadership positions in the government

• led to increased participation by minorities in the political process

• made educational opportunities equal for African-Americans

• forced employers to treat workers of all races equally

The philosophies of The Black Panthers and Malcolm X differed from Martin Luther King Jr. because King-

• opposed violent protest methods

• did not care about civil rights in northern cities

• was fearful of scaring white people

• only focused on voting rights for African-Americans

Southern states resisted federal orders to integrate public schools because they-

• claimed their schools were already racially integrated

• believed the federal government should fund desegregation efforts

• claimed states had the right to maintain Jim Crow laws

• wanted to protect the culture of the African-American community

Which of these is an example of southern states refusing to comply with the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to obey Jim Crow laws on the bus

• southerners violently attacking the Freedom Riders

• the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Central High School refusing to admit the Little Rock Nine