Civil Rights

Brown v Board of Education was....

• Supreme Court outlawed segregation on public transportation

• Supreme Court outlawed segregation in schools

• outlawed discrimination based on color, race, or religion in public places and businesses

• encouraged Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act

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

• to prohibit discrimination based on color, race, religion, or sex

• to allow states to make their own laws regarding issues of discrimination

• to make JFK and Lyndon B Johnson look good

• to prevent more protest from Martin Luther King Jr.

The purpose of the March on Washington was...

• to outlaw literacy test used to discriminate against blacks at polling places

• to outlaw discrimination based on color, race, or religion in public places and businesses

• to encourage Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 impact African Americans?

• African Americans lost protections by the federal government.

• African Americans gained protections by the federal government.

• African Americans lost protections from the state governments.

• African Americans gained protection by the local governments.

The main person associated with Brown v Board of Education is...

• Lyndon B Johnson

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr

How did the March on Washington impact the Civil Rights Movement?

• It ended discrimination across the South.

• It influenced Congress to pass civil rights legislation.

• It forced the federal government to take away citizen's rights to protest.

• It led to a decline in civil rights participation.

Pick the correct answer to complete the sentence.

President ______________worked to pass the legislation after President ___________ was assassinated.

• John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson

• Thurgood Marshall, John F Kennedy

• Lyndon B Johnson, John F Kennedy

• Martin Luther King Jr, Thurgood Marshall

How did Martin Luther King Jr. work to change people's minds about civil rights?

• through violent protest

• by working as a civil rights lawyer

• by working as a member of Congress

• through non-violent protests

Who is described below?

organized sit-ins in Nashville

part of the Freedom Riders

organized Freedom Ride to capital of Alabama

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

• Diane Nash

• Lyndon B Johnson

Why did the Freedom Riders ride interstate buses?

• to get to sit-in at lunch counters in Nashville

• to determine if the new Civil Rights Act was being followed in Alabama

• to determine if illegal segregation was still occurring on interstate buses

• to get to protest that were located in Alabama