U.S. History II: Ch 16

Which court case decided that segregation was legal as long as everything was "separate but equal?

• Plessy v. Fergeson

• Brown v. The Board of Eduacation

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Miranda v. Arizona

Which court case involved a young African American girl that needed to be allowed to go to an all white school?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Miranda v. Arizona

Which of the following states had segregation legal throughout the early-mid 1900s? *choose all that apply

• Texas

• Alabama

• Indiana

• West Virginia

• Mississippi

Which organization was created in 1942, and was dedicated to nonviolent protests such as a sit-ins that M. L. King eventually adopts?

• NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

• CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

• SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

• SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

Who refused to give up their seat on the bus which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Orval Faubus

• Rosa Parks

Who was the Governor of Arkansas who refused to allow the desegregation of schools in his state? (Little Rock Nine incident)

• Harry Byrd

• Orval Faubus

• Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor

• George Wallace

Who was the safety commissioner in Birmingham Alabama during the Freedom Rider incident where a group of riders were beaten?

• George Wallace

• Orval Faubus

• Eugene "Bull" Connor

• Harry Byrd

Who was the Governor of Alabama and was ordered by federal marshals to move from the front of the admission office at the University of Alabama?

• George Wallace

• Orval Faubus

• Eugene "Bull" Connor

• Harry Byrd

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 which stated that it was a federal crime to prevent people from voting?

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Which organization was created in 1957 and was an alliance of Christian based African American organizations dedicated to ending discrimination peacefully?

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)