Civil Rights

What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?

• Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.

• Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism

• OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA

• Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty

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 group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?

• Southern Peace Corps

• NAACP

• SNCC

• Black Panthers

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

• Sit-in

• Boycotts

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

In what year did the Supreme Court rule that the Virginia law prohibiting interracial marriage was unconstitutional?

• 1976

• 1906

• 1967

• 1953

Where were the Lovings married?

• Virginia

• West Virginia

• Washington, D.C.

• Maryland

When did the Civil Rights Era begin?

• During Reconstruction

• 1920s

• 1950s

• 1970s

Who refused to switch seats and began the bus boycott?

• Rosa Parks

• MLK

• Malcolm X

• Freedom Riders

Who was in charge of organizing the bus boycott?

• Rosa Parks

• MLK

• Malcolm X

• Freedom Riders