8H Civil Rights Movement

Which president passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Harry S. Truman

Which religion was foundational to the moral argument behind the civil rights movement?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

_____ became the first Black student to attend Ole Miss in 1962.

• James Meredith

• Laurie Pritchett

• Medgar Evers

• George Wallace

Ella Baker encouraged students to create the

• SCLC.

• SNCC.

• NAACP.

• CORE.

In 1960, four college students in _____ initiated a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter, ultimately leading to desegregation.

• Greensboro

• Nashville

• Birmingham

• Albany

In the 1950s, civil rights activists tended to be (choose two):

• young

• students

• middle class

• middle-aged

Governor _____ of Alabama became the champion of many white southerners opposed to the civil rights movement.

• George Wallace

• James Meredith

• Laurie Pritchett

• Medgar Evers

The Freedom Summer was a campaign to _____ in Mississippi.

• register voters

• desegregate schools

• integrate public transportation

• end poverty

The Voting Rights Act of (a)   abolished voting discrimination in federal, state, and local elections.

In 1965, activists organized a march from (a)   to Montgomery, Alabama, on behalf of local African American voting rights.