Civil Rights 1950s and 1960s

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

• Charlayne Hunter
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Rebecca L. Felton

What was the major goal of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?

• to gain U.S. citizenship and representation in Congress

• to relocate American Indians to urban Areas

• to obtain greater understanding of the American-Indian point of view

• to end segregation American Indians in public places

What did the Women's Liberation Movement see as its major goal in the 1960s?

• obtaining the right to vote for women

• guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work

• enabling women to stay at home as well as work

• laws that would allow women to own property

What contribution did Betty Friedan make to the movement for women's rights?

• She campaigned for women's suffrage

• She championed the rights of poor women

• She demanded greater career opportunites fo middle class women

• She agitated for the rights of African-American women

Which book played a role in changing attitudes about traditional gender roles in American society?

• Common Sense

• How the Other Half Lives

• The Jungle

• The Feminine Mystique

Which Civil Rights leader also became the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

• W.E.B Du Bois

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

In 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981. What did this order call for?

• desegregation of the armed forces

• the end of the white primary

• preferential treatment in hiring

• the outlawing of racial tension

Which of these groups sent observers into the streets armed with law books and shotguns to protect blacks from police mistreatment in the 1960s?

• Black Panthers

• Nation of Islam

• Congressional Black Caucus

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Thurgood Marshall:

• Was a student in Linda Brown's class

• Led the March on Washington

• Was the sheriff of the Albany during the Albany Movement

• Argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in front of the Supreme Court