Civil Rights Assessment

What was Brown v. Board of Education?

• A court case in which the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional to have separate public schools for black and white students.

• A court case in which the Supreme Court declared it constitutional to have separate public schools for black and white students.

• A court case in which the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional to have separate private schools for religious groups.

• A court case in which the Supreme Court declared it constitutional to have separate privater schools for religious groups.

Who was Thurgood Marshall?

• He was the lawyer that represented the board of education in Brown v. Board of Education.

• He was the lawyer that represented the Bronson family in Bronson v. Board of Education.

• He was the lawyer that represented the Brown family in Brown v. Board of Education.

• He was the lawyer that represented the board of education in Bronson v. Board of Education.

What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• African Americans in Nashville, Tennessee boycotted the buses until buses were desegregated because Rita Parks was arrested for not moving to the back of a bus.

• African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama boycotted the buses until buses were desegregated because Rita Parks was arrested for not moving to the back of a bus.

• African Americans in Nashville, Tennessee boycotted the buses until buses were desegregated because Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving to the back of a bus.

• African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama boycotted the buses until buses were desegregated because Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving to the back of a bus.

Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?

• African American who fought segregation with violent protests and gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to thousands.

• African American who fought segregation with non violent protests for example, Nashville Sit-Ins and gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to thousands.

• African American who fought segregation with non violent protests for example, London Sit-Ins and gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to thousands.

• African American who fought segregation with violent protests and gave his "I Have a Goal" speech to thousands.

This person believed in using any means necessary, including violence, to get equal rights.

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Darth Vader

• Malcolm X

To stop supporting a business or country in protest.

• Boycott

• Sit-in

• Refusal

• Civil Right

College students used _____ to protest against segregation in diners and at lunch counters.

• sit-ins

• freedom rides

• speeches

• death threats

Segregation is ...

• separate facilities for minority groups

• racial segregation separated african americans and whites

• separate but equal, were usually not equal

• all of the above

Integration is ...

• desegregation (opposite of segregation)

• creating equal opportunities

• combining african americans and whites

• all of the above

Name the civil rights leader arrested for protesting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Sojourner Truth

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X