Civil Rights Part 1

This lawyer helped argue for Brown in Brown v. Board of Education.

• 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

Who is the Civil rights leader who founded CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

• James L Farmer

• Thurgood Marshall

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Julian Baker

Which national organization that helped fight for equal rights for African Americans?

• LULAC

• NCAA

• NRA

• NAACP

Who was arrested for refusing to move on a bus? The result led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• Claudette Colvin

• Rosa Parks

• Stokely Carmichael

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Civil Rights Movement opposed Plessy v. Ferguson and its premise of?

• separate but equal

• equal rights for all races

• different pay for men and women

• voting rights for women

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme ruled that...

• separate but equal schools were unconstitutional

• public schools should be segregated

• all children should attend public schools

• schools should be given equal amounts of money

Why were the Little Rock Nine unable to attend Central High School on September 4, 1957?

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower had sent U.S. Army troops to the school.
• The governor of Arkansas had ordered troops from the state's National Guard to stop them.
• An angry mob prevented the students from entering the building
• The U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education.

How did President Dwight Eisenhower respond to the Arkansas Governor?

• He had him arrested.

• He sent 1000 paratroopers to escort the students at school.

• He yelled at him and took away his governor position.

• He didn't do anything.

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