Civil Rights Movement

Which type of protest did Martin Luther King oppose during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Sit-in
• Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• Race Riots

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

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

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 24th Amendment...

• gave women the right to vote.

• eliminated the use of literacy tests.

• outlawed poll taxes.

• allowed for the popular election of US Senators.

 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?

• Freedom Rides
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• March from  Selma to Montgomery

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The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?

• Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north

• to protest racial segregation throughout the south

• to promote membership in the KKK

• to gain support for the Vietnam war

Which governor tried to prevent 9 african american students from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas ? 

• George Wallace
• Orval Faubus 
• Strom Thurmond
• Lester Maddox

which supreme court case ruled that separation is okay so long as it is equal? 

• Plessy V. Ferguson
• Dred Scott v. Sanford
• Marbury v. Madison
• Miranda v. Arizona

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Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states to protest illegal bus segregation

• Freedom Riders

• Chicanos

• Scalawags

• Patriots