The Civil Rights Movement Lesson 1-2

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not

• guarantee protection in the workplace

• end segregation in public places

• guarantee the right to vote

• end discrimination in employment

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorized the attorney general to

• work side-by-side with local officials

• send federal examiners to register qualified voters

• refuse African Americans the right to vote

• provide literacy tests to newly registered voters

The passage of which law was a turning point in the civil rights movement?

• Discrimination Act of 1964

• Equal Pay Act of 1963

• Segregation Act of 1965

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which act did President Johnson sign into law on July 2, 1964?

• Cloture Act of 1964

• Interstate Travel Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

The Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education ended racial segration

• in private clubs

• in public schools

• on buses

• on trains

The bus boycott in Montgomery lasted for

• about a year

• exactly six months

• less than two weeks

• nearly nine weeks

CORE successsfully integrated many restaurants by using

• boycotts

• protests marches

• sit-ins

• threats

Outraged by Rosa Parks arrest, many African Americans were asked to

• boycott Montgomery's buses

• elect new city officials

• go on strike

• stage a sit-in at the courthousr