Civil Rights Movement

Which of these is best described in the list above?

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Civil Rights Act

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

The policy of "separate but equal" was used to

• increase the number of political parties.

• justify the practice of legal racial segregation.

• prevent the passage of unfair laws.

• halt the creation of independent school districts.

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?

• denying the right to vote based on race or color

• denying the right to vote based on gender

• allowing people to vote multiple times

• allowing people under the age of 21 to vote

Which city on the map is represented by the number 5?

• Tallahassee, FL

• Philadelphia, PA

• Atlanta, GA

• Montgomery, AL

The main goal of the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 was to

• encourage the Supreme Court to make a decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

• pressure the president to introduce a civil rights bill to Congress.

• force the president to introduce a voting rights bill to Congress.

• convince the Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.

What protest would Martin Luther King have opposed?

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

What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• African-Americans began playing profession sports
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
• MLK led a March on Washington

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
• It allowed African-Americans to run for political office
• It ended segregation in school
• It made poll taxes illegal

What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• It gave African-American women the right to vote
• It made literacy tests to vote illegal
• It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
• It allowed all African-Americans to vote

The March on Washington is most famous for...

• causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
• 200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
• the KKK became an illegal organization
• MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech