Unit 10 Review

What was the outcome of the civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham?

• MLK was assassinated

• President Johnson signed a civil rights executive order

• Officials ended segregation in the city

• Riots erupted throughout the South

How did FDR help progress civil rights during his presidency?

• He prohibited race discrimination in federal agencies

• He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• He oversaw the ratification of the 24th Amendment

• He convinced Southern states to get rid of Jim Crow laws

Which organization led the legal desegregation campaign?

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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

What was Thurgood Marshall's argument to take down school segregation?

• It violated the 14th Amendment

• It was inherently unequal & created gaps between the races

• A majority of Americans supported integration

• President Eisenhower publicly supported the cause

What did Morgan v. Virginia decide?

• Segregation on interstate buses is unconstitutional

• Black and white schools are inherently unequal & unconstitutional

• "Separate but equal" does not violate the 14th Amendment

• State law schools must admit black students

What did Sweatt v. Painter decide?

• Poll tax requirements violate the 14th Amendment

• Segregation on interstate buses is unconstitutional

• State law schools must admit black students

• School segregation is unconstitutional

What did Brown v. Board of Education decide?

• State law schools must admit black students

• Separate but equal does not violate the 14th Amendment

• Laws banning interracial marriage are unconstitutional

• Schools separated by race are unequal & unconstitutional

Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

• She made threats against the president

• She refused to move to the back of the bus for a white man

• She refused to leave the voting registrar's office after being turned down to vote

• She attacked a police officer at a protest

How did the movement respond to Rosa Parks' arrest?

• They marched on Washington

• They began sitting in the front of buses around the South

• She became the face of the movement

• They organized a bus boycott

Why was the Montgomery Bus Boycott extended?

• Governor Wallace made it illegal for black people to ride public transportation

• It was extremely successful

• Many black people began buying cars

• The bus company began to refuse service to black riders