Civil Rights Movement

What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?

• He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.

• He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.

• He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.

• He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.

Which of these is best described in the list above?

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Civil Rights Act

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed on April 4th, 1968. His death hit the American people very hard and caused a series of riots in over 100 cities throughout the United States. King of was a leader of which of the following movements?

• civil rights

• emancipation

• women's suffrage

• independence

The policy of "separate but equal" was used to

• increase the number of political parties.

• justify the practice of legal racial segregation.

• prevent the passage of unfair laws.

• halt the creation of independent school districts.

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?

• denying the right to vote based on race or color

• denying the right to vote based on gender

• allowing people to vote multiple times

• allowing people under the age of 21 to vote

Which city on the map is represented by the number 5?

• Tallahassee, FL

• Philadelphia, PA

• Atlanta, GA

• Montgomery, AL

The local government’s first response to the Birmingham protests was to

• agree to change the laws quickly

• make it illegal to carry protest signs on the street.

• join in the protests and fight for change.

• arrest protesters and send them to jail.

 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

• Harriet B. Stowe
• Rosa Parks
• Michelle Obama
• Coretta King

Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:

• Allow children to work long hours in factories
• Segregate schools based on people’s skin color
• Pay black people less than white people for similar work
• Return an escaped slave to his/her master  

Thurgood Marshall was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement because: 

• b. He was the first African American to be appointed Supreme Court Justice
• a.  He was the lawyer of Linda Brown during Brown vs. Board of Education case
• He spoke during the march on Washington
• a.  Both A and B