America - Civil Rights

President Truman ended segregation in the army in …..

• 1950

• 1948

• 1945

The Tuskegee Airman were…..

• Fighter escorts for bombers

• Capture and kill squads

• Spies

During WW2 black nurses were only allowed to treat black soldiers.

• True

• False

Linda Brown took her case to …..

• The President

• Local Government

• The supreme court

Who set up the Montgomery Improvement Association (M.I.A)?

• Martin Luther King

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

How many students were refused entry to Little Rock High School?

• 10

• 9

• 12

Why was the March on Birmingham seen as a turning point?

• No publicity

• People were killed

• Children were used as protesters

The March on Washington was just black protesters.

• True

• False

How many people attended the March on Washington?

• 200,000

• 250,000

• 150,000

The 1964 Civil Rights Act was signed by….

• Johnson

• Kennedy

• Nixon