Civil Rights Movement

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the Supreme Court ruled that it is illegal

• To allow children to work

• To segregate schools

• To allow kids to protest at schools

Court case that created "Seperate-but-equal" doctrine

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

• Plessy v. Ferguson

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

• W.E.B Du Bois

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

The main goal of the freedom riders was to

• pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses

• desegregate urban bus systems in the south

• encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda

• inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow Laws

Which statement accurately describes the trend of African American voter registration in the map?

• The Voting Rights Act had little impact on voter registration in the South

• Fewer African Americans registered to vote

• Passage of the Voting Rights Act ended racial discrimination in the South

• Voter registration increased in the South

Who was the main leader of the Civil Rights Movement

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr

• Rosa Parks

• Jackie Robinsons

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

• Rosa Parks

• Cesar Chavez

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally for jobs and freedom.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Freedom Riders

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• March on Washington