U.S. History Unit 10 Civil Rights

What measure desegregated the U.S. armed forces?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Executive Order 9981

• Fair Housing Act of 1968

What measure outlawed Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Brown v. Board of Education

What measure eliminated so-called "literacy" tests?

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Executive Order 9981

What measure outlawed discrimination based on country of origin, religion, sex, race, and color?

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

What argument did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. make in Letter from a Birmingham Jail?

• People should follow EVERY law

• People should follow ZERO laws

• Defended Civil Disobedience

• EVERY law needs to be changed

What measure was the FIRST successful challenge to the "separate but equal" clause?

• Brown v. Board

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Sweatt v. Painter

Who was the founder of the United Farm Workers

• John Lewis

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Cesar Chavez

• George Wallace

What did the arrest of Rosa Parks lead to in Montgomery?

• Boycott of public transportation

• Sit-Ins in segregated restaurants

• Freedom Rides on interstate buses

• March on Washington D.C.

What method was used by BOTH Cesar Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Long-Distance Marches

• Violent Riots

• Labor Union Strikes

• Non-violent Boycotts

How did the Little Rock 9 safely make it to Central High School?

• Underground tunnel was constructed

• Military protected African-American students

• They were never able to attend

• School created segregated classrooms