Cold War & Civil Rights

Who was the Mexican farm worker who became a civil rights activist and leader of the United Farm Workers to help fight discrimination against the Latinx American community?

• John Lewis

• Cesar Chavez

• Martin Luther King Jr

• Malcolm X

Which President passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• Lyndon B Johnson

• John F Kennedy

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Richard Nixon

Written by Martin Luther King Jr while he was imprisoned, this was a defense of non-violent protest.

• "I Have a Dream"

• "I Have Seen the Mountaintop"

• "Gettysburg Address"

• "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

The largest Civil Rights march in US History, where King gave his "I Have a Dream Speech"

• 1963 March on Washington

• 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott

• 1965 Selma to Montgomery March

• The Non-Violent Movement

The legislation outlawed preventing Americans from voting based on race or ethnicity.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Brown v Board of Education

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 13th Amendment

Which court case overturned "separate but equal"?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Korematsu v United States

• Brown v Board of Education

• Marbury v Madison

Martin Luther King Jr was known for advocating what type of protesting?

• Non-violent

• Economic

• Political

• Violent

Which organization took part in the Freedom Rides and the Freedom Summer in the 1960s?

• SCLC

• NAACP

• SNCC

• Black Panther Party

Which event of the Vietnam War ruined the public's trust in the government and turned people against the war effort?

• The Draft

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

Which innovation influenced society by shaping how people saw the 1960 Presidential Election, the Civil Rights movement, the Moon Landing, and the Vietnam War?

• Radio

• Cars

• Newspapers

• Television