Civil Rights Movement Review

Which type of civil rights activity did MLK, Jr. oppose (not agree with) during the civil rights movement?

• Sit-ins

• Bus boycott

• March on Washington

• Race Riots

What was the result of the Brown vs. Board of Education court case in 1954?

• Segregation in public schools became illegal.

• African Americans began to play professional sports

• MLK, Jr. led the March on Washington to protest.

• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus.

What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• It gave black women the right to vote.

• It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal.

• It made the Jim Crow Laws illegal.

• It gave all blacks the right to vote.

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• It made the Jim Crow Laws illegal.

• It allowed blacks to run for public office.

• It ended segregation in schools.

• It made poll taxes illegal.

Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Segregation on busses became illegal within a few days of Rosa Parks beginning a protest.

• Segregation on busses became illegal after many months of protesting.

• Thousands of blacks blockaded the streets so that the busses couldn't finish their routes.

• Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person.

What was the purpose of the 24th amendment?

• It ended slavery.

• It ended segregation based on race.

• It made poll taxes illegal.

• It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be chosen to serve on the Supreme Court.

Segregated bathrooms were common in the southern states until the 1960's because of

• Jim Crow Laws

• The 15th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The Civil Rights Act

The Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, KS Supreme Court

decision.....

• upheld segregation in public schools.

• ended segregation on city busses.

• declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

• none of the above

Which of the following were examples of civil disobedience?

Check all that apply.

• sit-ins

• boycotts

• rioting

• marches

Sit-ins were a protest method used to do what?

• Integrate department store lunch counters

• integrate schools

• integrate the military

• end slavery