Civil Rights

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

• Charlayne Hunter
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Rebecca L. Felton

Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Brown vs. the Board of Education
• Roe Vs. Wade

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 bans the use of __________ by states.

• literacy tests
• poll taxes
• lynchings
• Photo ID requirements

Literacy tests & poll taxes were used in the South to keep African Americans from doing what?

• voting
• serving in the military
• moving north
• getting an education

Who did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference elect as its first leader?

• Rosa Parks
• Jackie Robinson
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Thurgood Marshall

What are Civil Rights?

• Rights that only some citizens get
• Rights that all citizens get
•  Rights that are civil
• Rights that are controlled by the president

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• let African Americans ride the bus.
• deny someone of a job because of their race.
• fire someone for not doing their job.
• kick someone out of the military.