Civil Rights Movement

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

• Guzman V. School

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Miranda V. Arizona

• Plessy V. Ferguson

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

• Dolores Huerta

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ceaser Chavez

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

• WAC

• HUAC

• NAACP

• SNCC

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

• March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Black Panthers

• Mass Support Demonstrations

• Little Rock Nine

Who was the Arkansas governor that sent the National Guard to keep nine African Americans students out of school?

• Orval Faubus

• George Wallace

• Lester Maddox

• Bull Connor

Which President issued Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the military?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Harry Truman

• John Kennedy

In 1896, this court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine for public facilities.

• Brown v. Board

• Texas v. Hernandez

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which court case in 1954 ended segregation in schools, and reversed Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Lee v. Lee

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Delgado v Bastrop ISD

Rosa Parks initiated the _____________.

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Little Rock Nine event

• Woolworth Sit-In

• Freedom Rides

How were Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr similar in their protest tactics?

• Started riots

• Began militant demonstrations

• Used nonviolent forms of protest

• Organized labor unions