Review for Civil Rights & Am Gov't Assessment on 2-04-21

CIVIL RIGHTS & AM GOVT---Rosa Parks decision to stay seated on Montgomery AL., city bus activated the Civil Rights Movement directly in what part of the country?

• East

• West

• North

• South

CIVIL RIGHTS & AM GOVT---Martin Luther King delivered the speech that started his career as leader of the Civil Rights Movement on Dec 1, 1955, at the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL. What was the speech about?

• Marching from Selma to Montgomery, AL

• The Poor People's March to Washington D.C.

• The Death of Malcolm X

• Continuing the Montgomery Bus Boycott sparked by Rosa Parks

• none of the above

CIVIL RIGHTS & AM GOVT-Who did Rosa Parks call to bail her out of jail?

• Martin Luther King, Jr, Minister

• E. D. Nixon, local President Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

• Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, member, The Women's Political Council

• none of the above

CIVIL RIGHTS--- Who started BLACK HISTORY MONTH?

• DR. CARTER G. WOODSON

• BILL COSBY

• MICHELLE OBAMA

• MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

CIVIL RIGHTS & AM GOVT--- WHO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE MONTGOMERY ALABAMA WOMEN'S POLITICAL COUNCIL? (WPC) [THE ORGANIZATION THAT ORGANIZED THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT]

• MAYA ANGELOU

• JO ANN GIBSON ROBINSON

• MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

• MICHELLE OBAMA

• ALTHEA GIBSON

CIVIL RIGHTS & AM GOVT--De facto segregation is.........

• segregation that happens spontaneously, in a moment that was not planned.

• segregation that exists in fact, even if no law requires it.

• segregation authorized by law

• segregation that no longer exists

CIVIL RIGHTS & AM GOVT From the list which follows, select ANY/ALL consequences that Rosa Parks could have predicted, when she decided to refuse to move from the bus seat.

• physical harm / being beaten

• being arrested / going to jail

• losing her job

• shaming her family

CIVIL RIGHTS & AM GOVT From the list which follows, select ANY/ALL options that Rosa Parks had instead of refusing to move from the bus seat.

• stay seated

• get off the bus / take the next one

• ignore the bus driver

• move

• ask the man if he was willing to share the row with her

CIVIL RIGHTS & AM GOVTWhich public speech started Martin Luther King's rise as known and motivational preacher and activist?

• "I Have a Dream"

• "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

• "Holt Street Baptist Church Speech"

• "Beyond Vietnam"

AM GOVT P. 410 Since 1971, the Supreme Court has ruled many cases based on sex-based distinctions unconstitutional. Which of the following SCOTUS decisions were based on sex-based distinctions? Select all that apply.

• Reed v Reed (1971)

• Frontiero v. Richardson (1973

• Kahn v. Shevin (1974)

• Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977)

• United States v. Virginia (1996)