Modern Civil Rights & Social Change

Which court case ruled that separate but equal facilities were inherently unequal?

• Freedom Rides

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• March on Washington

The Montgomery Improvement Association's (MIA) main purpose was

• to eliminate discrimination in housing in Montgomery

• to make it easier for African Americans to register to vote

• to desegregate the schools of Montgomery, Alabama

• to administer the boycott of the Montgomery City Lines bus company

Which of the following is not an example of a nonviolent direct-action protest?

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• assembling for a march

• disobeying an unjust law

• fighting back against an attacker

• staging sit-ins

What action did President Eisenhower take to resolve the crisis at Central High after the African American students known as the Little Rock Nine enrolled in school?

• He sent federal troops and agents to protect the Little Rock Nine so they could go to school.

• He convinced the Little Rock Nine to return to their segregated schools.

• He forced Governor Orval Faubus to resign and appointed a new governor who supported integration.

• He closed the school the following year in what was known as the Lost Year.

The Greensboro Four Sit-ins lead to the creation of what student-led action committee?

• Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• The Black Power Movement

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

What was the outcome of the Birmingham Campaign?

• passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ending literacy tests and other barriers to voting rights

• passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

• enforcement of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulation prohibiting discrimination in interstate travel

• passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited discrimination in housing

What was the outcome of the March from Selma to Montgomery?

• passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ending literacy tests and other barriers to voting rights

• passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

• enforcement of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulation prohibiting discrimination in interstate travel

• passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited discrimination in housing

What was the outcome of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the unrest that followed it?

• passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ending literacy tests and other barriers to voting rights

• passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

• enforcement of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulation prohibiting discrimination in interstate travel

• passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited discrimination in housing

What was the outcome of the Freedom Rides?

• passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ending literacy tests and other barriers to voting rights

• passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

• enforcement of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulation prohibiting discrimination in interstate travel

• passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited discrimination in housing

What civil rights legislation was passed as a result of the public outcry over the violence of the Birmingham campaign and the massive turnout for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

• the Civil Rights Act of 1968

• the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• the 24th Amendment

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964