Civil Rights Movement Review

Jim Crow laws were supposed to be "separate but equal". Why were they not equal?

• They limited the rights of African Americans

• They created segregation.

• They encouraged discrimination.

• All of the above

What impact did this person have on the Civil Rights Movement?

• Known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement". Refused to give up her seat on the bus.

• Was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. Believed in peaceful protests.

• Court case was taken to the Supreme Court. Case eventually ended school segregation.

What impact did this person have on the Civil Rights Movement?

• Known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement". Refused to give up her seat on the bus.

• Was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. Believed in peaceful protests.

• Court case was taken to the Supreme Court. Case eventually ended school segregation.

What impact did this person have on the Civil Rights Movement?

• Known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement". Refused to give up her seat on the bus.

• Was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. Believed in peaceful protests.

• Court case was taken to the Supreme Court. Case eventually ended school segregation.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. use peaceful protests over violence. Why was this method so effective?

• People were able to see that African Americans were being mistreated.

• If violence was used, it would have sparked more violence.

• Both of these

• Neither of these

The Montgomery Bus Boycott gave African Americans the freedom to bomb city buses in order to stop discrimination.

• True

• False

Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that passive resistance would eventually win the Civil Rights Movement.

• True

• False

President John F. Kennedy eventually signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

• True

• False

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave all African Americans the right to vote.

• True

• False

What was passed in 1965 that banned literacy tests as a condition for voting?

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Voting Rights Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Jim Crow Laws