Civil Rights Unit Test

law signed by President Lyndon B Johnson that ended discrimination based on race or gender

• March on Washington

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

huge demonstration attended by over 250,000 people organized by Martin Luther King Jr. to protest racial discrimination, and where King made his “I have a dream” speech

• March on Washington

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Supreme Court decision that overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson and  ended segregation in public schools

• March on Washington

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Provided new powers to the federal government to protect African Americans rights to vote

• March on Washington

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

A boycott of the Alabama capital's public transportation system to protest its policy on segregation started by the arrest of Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a bus

• March on Washington

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

series of integrated bus rides through the South used to protest segregated bus stations

• Sit In

• Freedom Rides

• Great Society

• Little Rock Nine

group of African American students who began the integration of the Arkansas capital's public school system.  President Eisenhower ordered the students protected by the National Guard

• Sit In

• Freedom Rides

• Great Society

• Little Rock Nine

Form of protest where African Americans sat at segregated lunch counters and requested service and refused to move when not served

• Sit In

• Freedom Ride

• Great Society

• Little Rock Nine

President Lyndon Johnson’s legislative plan that included civil rights laws

• Sit In

• Freedom Rides

• Great Society

• Little Rock Nine

What kind of resistance techniques did Martin Luther King Jr. promote during the Civil Rights Movement

• No type

• Violent

• Nonviolent

• Military Style