Civil Rights Movement

Which group of people worked to integrate public schools?

• Women

• Native Americans

• African Americans

• European Americans

What led civil rights activists to begin the bus boycott in Alabama?

• Rosa Parks's arrest after refusing to give up her bus seat

• Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech

• Bus fare was too expensive for most Americans

• Alabama did not have buses available for public use

Why did many Americans move to the suburbs after World War II?

• Factories were closing because they were no longer needed to make war supplies.

• Houses were inexpensive, and new highways made travel easier.

• The government made people who had not helped with the war move away from the city.

• The suburbs were expensive and people wanted expensive things.

What new government policy aided World War II veterans?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• United Nations

• Berlin Wall

• Serviceman's Readjustment Act (GI Bill)

What did the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education lead to in America?

• Integration of the military

• Integration of all public places

• Integration of public schools

• Segregation of public schools

Who was NOT a leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Caesar Chavez

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

Which of the following describes the course of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina?

• SC did not participate in the Civil Rights Movement.

• SC was much slower to integrate than other areas in the US.

• Integration happened quickly in SC.

• African Americans in SC did not want civil rights.