Unit 5.4 The Civil Rights Movement

What was the primary way the NAACP challenged discriminatory policies?

• They led many boycotts, sit ins, and marches to demonstrate their frustrations with segregation.

• They took a legal approach and brought cases to the courts that challenged practices of discrimination.

• They urged African Americans to resist discrimination "by any means necessary" and use violence if necessary.

• They voted in large numbers to elect politicians sympathetic to their cause.

What issue led to the Briggs v Elliott case?

• A request to transfer children from the all-black school they attended to an integrated school in Clarendon County.

• A request to get new books for children in the all-black schools in Clarendon County.

• A request to get new air conditioning window units for the all-black schools in Clarendon County.

• A request to get a new bus to take children to the all-black school they attended in Clarendon County.

What court case became one of five that became part of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decision?

• Elmore v. Rice

• Briggs v. Elliott

• Loving v. Virginia

• Plessy v. Ferguson

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

• Schools were required to educate immigrants, regardless of their parent's nationality.

• Schools were allowed to continue the practice of segregation in certain cases.

• Schools were required to integrate schools "with all deliberate speed".

• Schools were required to educate women at the same time as the male population.

The equalization effort in South Carolina was a massive school building program aimed at doing which of the following?

• Getting South Carolina students ready to compete against the Soviets during the Cold War.

• Allowing South Carolina to continue to segregate students by meeting the "separate but equal" criteria.

• Building larger schools in order to educate large student populations created by integration.

• Updating schools with newer technology developed during World War II and the Cold War.

Which event, that lead to the killing of 3 people, took place in response to protests over the unlawful segregation of a bowling alley?

• The Denmark Vesey Revolt

• The Hamburg Massacre

• The Orangeburg Massacre

• The Freedom Riders Campaign

Which of the following best explains the United States Supreme Court ruling in Elmore v. Rice?

• The court ruled that the white control of farms was unconstitutional.

• The court ruled that the use of a white primary was unconstitutional.

• The court ruled that the white-only waiting rooms were unconstitutional.

• The court ruled that the white-only hiring practices were unconstitutional.

Which South Carolinian authored the Southern Manifesto which condemned the Brown v. Board of Education decision and encouraged resistance to desegregation?

• Modjeska Simkins

• Strom Thurmond

• Matthew Perry

• Septima Clark

Which of the following were organizations that fought for equal rights for African Americans throughout the 20th century? (Choose 3 that apply.)

• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

• The National Association of Colored Women.

• The National Coalition of Freedmen.

• The National Urban League.

What 3 things increased the efforts to bring civil rights to African-Americans? (Choose 3 answers)

• Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education

• Influence of mass media

• Leadership of Martin Luther King Jr.

• The Southern Manifesto