Civil Rights Test

What became illegal after the 1954 case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?

• “sit-ins”
• segregation on buses
• school segregation
• all girls’ schools

Which big event pushed Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• the Montgomery Bus Boycott
• the outcome of Brown v. Board of Education
• the march on Selma, Alabama
• the March on Washington, D.C.

A _  travels from farm to farm to help harvest crops.

• boycott
• migrant farm worker
• integrate
• segregation

To bring students of different races together in one school meant to

• boycott
• migrant farm worker
• integrate
• segregation

is the refusal to buy goods or do business with a person, group, or country

• boycott
• migrant farm worker
• integrate
• segregation

The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution

• ended poll taxes
• gave voting rights to all citizens
• ended discrimination
• was signed into law in 1965

Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

• Rosa Parks refused to pay for her bus ticket.
• Rosa Parks refused to sit down on the bus.
• Rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.
• Rosa Parks was not arrested, silly!

What was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech about?

• Dr. King was explaining what different dreams meant.
• Dr. King was talking about civil rights.
• Dr. King was talking about voting rights.
• Dr. King was explaining the dream he had dreamed the night before.

What were freedom rides?

• Freedom rides were free bus rides.
• Protestors rode interstate buses through the south to protest segregation

The 15th Amendment had given African American males the right to vote.  However, many were not allowed due to _. 

• high poll taxes, voting tests, or harrassment
• high poll taxes or voting tests
• high poll taxes
• voting tests