Great Society and Civil Rights

Which court case that declared segregation in schools LEGAL?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which court case that declared segregation of schools ILLEGAL?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Plessy v. Ferguson

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

Who created a program to promote social and economic advancements in America?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Bus rides to the South to ensure desegregation was enforced are called

• Rosa Parks

• Jim Crow Laws

• Freedom Rides

• The Great Society

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

• True

• False

Peacefully speaking out against a problem usually by protesting or boycotting something is called

• Freedom Rides

• Freedom of Speech

• Non-violent protests

• Sit-ins

Inclusion of people of all races, classes, or ethnic groups; desegregation is called

• segregation

• integration

What Great Society program provided affordable housing?

• HUD
• HBK
• NATO
• NAACP

True or False: President Johnson signed both the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act during his time in the White House.

• True 
• False