Civil Rights Quiz 1

What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?

• Worcester v. Georgia
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade
• Marbury v. Madison

The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896 established that laws segregating African Americans were permitted in the so-called...

• "de facto segregation" doctrine.
• "Southern segregation" doctrine.
• "separate but equal" doctrine.
• "constitutional segregation" doctrine.

Which event led to the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama?

• a riot in Montgomery
• the CORE sit-in
• the arrest of Rosa Parks
• a church bombing

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.

Which group worked to fight segregation and other inequalities primarily through the courts?

• NAACP
• SNCC
• SCLC
• AIM

The purpose of the Selma march was to campaign for...

• job rights for African Americans.
• voting rights for African Americans.
• new desegregation laws.
• voting rights for women.

What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• African-Americans began playing profession sports
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
• MLK led a March on Washington

What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• It gave African-American women the right to vote
• It made literacy tests to vote illegal
• It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
• It allowed all African-Americans to vote

Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting
• Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting
• African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
• Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat

What is the purpose of the 24th Amendment?

• It ended slavery
• It ended segregation based on race
• It made poll taxes illegal
• It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be selected for the Supreme Court