Civil Rights & 1960 Reform

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

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Mendez v. Kirby

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

• to allow children to work.

• to pay black people less than white people.

• to return a slave.

• to segregate schools.

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

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

What was the goal of the Black Panthers?

• to turn American citizens against democracy

• to end the Vietnam War

• to convince African Americans to support "black power"

• to gain equal pay for black Americans

In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that

• private schools should be controlled by the federal government

• issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.

• racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional

• the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued

Where did President Eisenhower send the 101st Airborne to enforce integration of a public high school?

• Little Rock, Arkansas

• Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Jackson, Mississippi

 What was the common goal of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides?

• to seek legal remedies to inequality

• to encourage others to join the cause

• to shut down white businesses till they hire more African Americans

• to draw attention to segregation & challenge the law

The Selma March is also known as ____. 

• Bloody Sunday

• Black Sunday

• Bloody Tuesday

• Black Tuesday

Jackie Robinson was the first black person to participate in which sport?

• Major league baseball

• Professional Football

• Collegiate rowing

• Professional basketball