Civil Rights

Who was the Arkansas governor that sent the National Guard to keep nine African Americans students out of school?

• Orval Faubus

• George Wallace

• Lester Maddox

• Bull Connor

What was the purpose of Executive Order 9981?

• To call for rationing

• To mobilize troops in preparation for the Vietnam War

• Desegregating the military

• Initiate nuclear launch codes

In 1896, this court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine for public facilities.

• Brown v. Board

• Texas v. Hernandez

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which court case in 1954 ended segregation in schools, and reversed Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Lee v. Lee

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Delgado v Bastrop ISD

Rosa Parks initiated the _____________.

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Little Rock Nine event

• Woolworth Sit-In

• Freedom Rides

How were Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr similar in their protest tactics?

• Started riots

• Began militant demonstrations

• Used nonviolent forms of protest

• Organized labor unions

Poll taxes and literacy tests limited which right of African Americans?

• Voting

• Equal Pay

• Education

• Health Insurance

How did Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta contribute to the Chicano civil rights movement?

• They fought for the rights of exploited laborers

• They protested violent tactics used by the farm workers

• They demanded educators teach more about Hispanic heritage

• All of the above

The group NOW (National Organization for Women) and Betty Friedan fought against ___________.

• gender discrimination

• political representation

• foreign policy

• states rights

Which of the following was used in the South to practice segregation?

• Equality

• Jim Crow laws

• Title IX

• No laws were needed