Civil Rights

What was the result of the Brown vs. Board of Education case?

• Special public schools were set up for African American students

• African American kids were prevented from attending the same schools as white kids

• African American kids were allowed to attend the same schools as white kids

Why was ending segregation so difficult?

• Most African Americans preferred segregation to integration.

• Segregation was enforced by many state and federal laws.

• Buses and schools were segregated in all 50 states.

Which is an example of nonviolent protest?

• Burning down segregated facilities

• Not doing business with companies that enforce segregation

• Threatening to physically hurt supporters of segregation

Which of these statements is true?

• Martin Luther King organized the Montgomery bus boycott

• Martin Luther King helped end school segregation in Topeka, KS

• Martin Luther King argued against segregation in front of the U.S. Supreme Court

What role did the Supreme Court play during the Civil Rights Movement?

• It overturned some of the laws that made segregation legal

• It wrote new laws that made integration legal

• It supported the segregationist policies of Southern governors

• It urged Congress to pass new laws legalizing integration

Why did protesters sit at lunch counters and not move until they closed?

• To show support for integrated businesses

• To protest the unfair food prices

• To protest the segregationist policies of the federal government

• To protest the fact that African Americans weren't served there

What risks did civil rights protesters face?

• They often had their voting rights taken away

• They were sent forcibly to non-segregated states and countries

• They could be arrested or violently attacked

• They were forced to use segregated facilities

How might life in America be different if the Civil Rights Movement had never happened?

• Public places could still be segregated

• Americans would be more tolerant of peaceful protests

• Slavery might still exist

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

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