Civil Rights

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

• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• African-Americans began playing profession sports
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
• MLK led a March on Washington

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

• Dolores Huerta

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ceaser Chavez

What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?

• Southern Peace Corps

• NAACP

• SNCC

• Black Panthers

During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Little Rock Nine

• Atomic Bombs

• Flying Tigers

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

• Sit-in

• Boycotts

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896 established that laws segregating African Americans were permitted in the so-called...

• "de facto segregation" doctrine.
• "Southern segregation" doctrine.
• "separate but equal" doctrine.
• "constitutional segregation" doctrine.

Which event led to the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama?

• a riot in Montgomery
• the CORE sit-in
• the arrest of Rosa Parks
• a church bombing

"Bloody Sunday" occurred in reaction to which event?

• the Selma march
• the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• the March on Washington
• the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. drew on the philosophy and techniques of...

• John F. Kennedy.
• Frederick Douglass.
• Thurgood Marshall.
• Mohandas Gandhi.

The organization founded by student civil rights activists was...

• SNCC.
• CORE.
• NAACP.
• SCLC.