Unit 7 Part 2 Review

What did the US Supreme Court decide in the Brown vs. Board of Education case?

• Civil disobedience is constitutional

• Segregated schools are unconstitutional

• Businesses could refuse service to anyone

• School budgets should be the same for all

Answer explanation

In Brown vs. Board of Education the US Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal schools is unconstitutional.

Why was the US Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs Board of Education so important?

• It meant families did not have to send their children to school

• It created more funding for schools to buy supplies and hire teachers

• It motivated people to fight for equality in more areas of public life

• It did not have much of an impact on daily life in the US

Answer explanation

As black students began integrating schools, the Civil Rights Movement began pushing for integration in all areas of public life.

Which public high school was the first to be integrated in Tennessee?

• Highland Folk School

• Clarksville

• John Overton

• Clinton

Segregationists violently protested the Clinton 12 integrating Clinton High School. The governor responded by....

• Calling in the National Guard to maintain order

• Refusing to let the Clinton 12 attend the high school

• Telling everyone to go home

• Shutting down the high school

Answer explanation

Protests against the integration of Clinton High School became so violent that Governor Clement called in the National Guard to maintain peace and order.

The Highlander Folk School was known for:

(Select all that apply)

• Training civil rights leaders in peaceful protest

• Raising money to pay tuition for students to go to private schools

• Helping poor Southerners

• Training Tennessee Folk Artists in banjo and fiddle

• Fighting for equality and the end of segregation

Answer explanation

Highlander Folk School:

Located in Monteagle, TN

Established in 1930s to help poor Southerners

Wanted to end discrimination

Training ground for nonviolent protest

President John F Kennedy increased NASA spending during the Space Race to....

• Develop wifi technology

• Get a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s

• Build a space station

• Create a colony on Mars

Answer explanation

JFK wanted to prove the United States superiority in the Space Race by getting the first person on the moon. He promised to do this by the end of the 1960's. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon in 1969.

Rosa Parks became known for...

• Organizing sit-ins at lunch counters in Nashville

• Integrating public schools in Montgomery, Alabama

• Setting up the Highlander Folk School

• Being arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus

After Rosa Parks was arrested, Civil Rights leaders responded by...

• Organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott that lasted about a year

• Marching from Montgomery, AL to Washington, DC

• Setting up Freedom Rides across the south

• Demonstrating at the Alabama State Capital for about a year

Martin Luther King Jr was associated with which TWO methods of protest?

• Peaceful marches

• Civil disobedience

• Deciding on civil rights cases in court

• Canvasing for signatures on petitions

Answer explanation

MLK Jr was known for his use of civil disobedience and nonviolent protest (such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott). He led a march on Washington D.C. to encourage support for the Civil Rights Act where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work to end discrimination and promote equality.

The Freedom Riders were a diverse group of people riding buses into the South in order to....

• get to Civil Rights conferences

• visit and bring attention to integrated public schools

• raise awareness of the continued and unlawful segregation of buses

• go on integrated summer vacations

Answer explanation

Freedom Riders were civil rights activists that were met with hostility and violence while purposefully integrating interstate buses in the South. They wanted to challenge the government's lack of action enforcing the desegregation of public buses.