Civil Rights Movement

What does C.O.R.E. stand for?

• Conference of Racial Equality

• Congress of Racial Equality

• Constitution of Racial Equality

• Conglomerate of Racial Equality

Which of the following statements about the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is false?

• it was founded in 1942

• it sponsored the 1961 “Freedom Rides” to protest segregated bus terminals

• helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycotts

• it was founded by Martin Luther King Jr.

Which of the following US Supreme Court cases ruled that segregation on busses was illegal for interstate travel?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Roe v. Wade

• Morgan v. Virginia

• Marbury v. Madison

True or false: The Morgan v. Virginia decision outlawed segregation on busses.

• True

• False

Which of the following led to the desegregation of the military?

• Executive Order 9981

• Civil Rights Act of 1957

• 24th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?

• He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.

• He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.

• He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.

• He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.

Brown v. Education was a significant case because...

• it declared it illegal to prevent African Americans from voting.
• it declared it illegal to segregate to segregate restaurants.
• it declared it illegal to segregate public schools.
• it declared it illegal to discriminate in the selling of a house.

The school desegregation crisis involving the "Little Rock 9" at Central High School took place in what US state?

• Tennessee

• Mississippi

• Arkansas

• Alabama

The school desegregation crisis involving the "Clinton 12" at Clinton High School took place in what US state?

• Tennessee

• Mississippi

• Arkansas

• Alabama

True or False: School desegregation and integration was a smooth process.

• True

• False