Civil Rights Movement CFA

Jim Crow laws were laws that

• denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
• promoted discrimination against women
• separated the races
• taxed voters

What Supreme Court ruling prompted the creation of the NAACP?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Scott v. Stanford

• Roe v. Wade

How did the Supreme Court justify legal segregation in Plessy vs. Ferguson?

• It ignored equal protection

• It created the phrase "separate but equal"

• It created an amendment that guaranteed equal protection

• It required states and federal governments to "honor equality"

The outcome of Brown vs Board of Education was:

• the segregation of public schools

• the integration of public schools

• not significant because states didn't implement it

• helpful to the plan to contain communism

This act prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender. It also ended segregation in public places.

• Brown vs Board of Education

• Miranda vs Arizona

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act 1965

This act outlawed the requirement for would-be voters to take literacy tests to register to vote. Also paid for programs to register minority voters.

• Brown vs Board of Education

• Miranda vs Arizona

• Civil Rights Act 1964

• Voting Rights Act 1965

Written by Martin Luther King Jr to address fears white religious leaders had that he was moving too fast toward desegregation.

• "I have a Dream" speech

• "Non-Violence Now" speech

• "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

• "Civil Rights for Everyone" letter

What was a primary tactic of Dr. King and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement?

• non-violent protests

• attacks on White people's property

• forming violent protest groups

• threatening to emigrate out of the nation.

What new technology in the '50s and '60s helped Civil Rights leaders show the nation what African-Americans were experiencing in their struggle for equality?

• Television

• The Internet

• Radio

• The Bill of Rights