Topic 9 Civil Rights

Who was the main leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Jackie Robinson

These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High

• Elite Eight
• Little Rock Nine
• Arkansas Seven
• Final Four

Keeping things or people separate 

• integration
• discrimination
• DISTRACTION!
• segregation

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

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

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

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

• Charlayne Hunter
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Rebecca L. Felton

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

The main goal of the freedom riders was to 

• pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
• inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
• encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
• desegregate urban bus systems in the south

How did the approach of the Black Panters differ from the methods used by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

• Black Panthers were willing to use violence, while Dr. King used only non-violence

• Black Panters believed in non violence, while Dr. King favored civil disobedience

• Black Panthers sought to use the court system, while Fr. King preferred passive resistance

• Black Panters employed peaceful demonstrations, while Dr. King favored sit-ins and freedom rides

What was the major goal of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s?

• to end racial segregation

• to reduce prejudice against Mexican-American immigrants

• to reform prison conditions

• to improve living conditions for Native American Indians