Civil Rights Review

The period of time known as the Civil Rights Era lasted from...

• 1900-1918

• 1954-1968

• 1935-1965

• 1865-1878

What was significant about the Brown v. Board of Education (More than one correct answer)

• It overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson case

• Stopped discrimination in the workplace

• Declared bus segregation illegal

• Declared that school segregation was illegal

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

• Ended segregation and discrimination nationwide.

• Ended integration in public schools

• Secured voting rights for African Americans

• Boycotted stores owned by Southern segregationist

What Supreme Court Case created the "separate-but-equal" doctrine.

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

What is the name for the nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster

Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy

The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965

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

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

_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 

• Harry Belafonte
• Barack Obama
• Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Jesse Jackson

What is the name for people who protest to call attention to a cause such as civil rights

• activist
• actor
• reporter
• scholar