Civil Rights Movement (early stages)

What precedent was set by Plessy v Ferguson?

• slaves count as 3/5 a person

• slaves were not citizens and could not sue in court

• it was legal to separate the races as long as facilities were the same

• American Indians had to live on reservations

Legal segregation is referred to as...

• de jure

• de facto

• Dijon

• de legal

Segregation enforced by culture is...

• de jure

• de facto

• de custom

• digiorno

Which is harder to change?

• de jure (laws)

• de facto (culture)

The Supreme Court decision in this case reversed "separate but equal" and desegregated schools.

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Ed.

• Miranda v Arizona

• U.S.A. v Richard Nixon

Which city had to have National Guard troops deployed to protect black students during the first year of integration?

• Mobile, Alabama

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Little Rock, Arkansas

• Chicago, Illinois

The arrest of Rosa Parks sparked the...

• Birmingham Bus Boycott

• Tuscaloosa Bus Boycott

• Selma Bus Boycott

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

The most recognizable leader of the Civil Rights Movement against racial injustice in America is...

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Booker T. Washington

• Huey Newton

In order to fight racial injustice, MLK Jr. preached and promoted a tactic he called...

• non-violent civil disobedience

• violent civil disobedience

• non-violent looting

• violent rioting

While the SCLC focused on ending segregation, SNCC focused more on...

• voting rights

• educational opportunites

• military service bias

• living and working conditions