Civil Rights Movement

Which was NOT an issue that African Americans faced in 20th century America?

• Disenfranchisement

• Redlining

• Segregation

• Citizenship

Thurgood Marshall, under Charles Houston, formed the NAACP's Legal Arm of the organization. What was it formally called?

• Legal Defense Fund

• NAACP Law Fund

• Legal Aid Sector

• NAACP Defense Team

What did the final decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case proclaim/declare?

• that segregation in education hindered the relationships between colored students and white students.

• that Segregation created a hostile learning community between colored children and white children.

• that colored children and white children learned best in their own communities.

• that Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children.

What was the question in the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Can Linda Brown attend an “all white” school?

• Can Linda Brown desegregate America's public schools?

• Does integrated schools hurt Linda Brown?

• Does attending an all black school hurt Linda Brown?

In the South, segregating public facilities and accommodations like buses, schools, and theaters are examples of what kind of segregation?

• Jim Crow Segregation

• De facto Segregation

• De jure Segregation

• Separate But Equal

How did Legal Action impact the Civil Rights Movement?

• by winning court cases it helped finance the movement

• by suing people who did not adhere to legislation

• It legalized laws and policies

• It changed laws and policies

How did US Banks contribute to segregated housing and discriminatory housing practices, such as Redlining?

• They refused to allow any individuals who were minorities to bank with them

• They refused to loan money for new homes or improvements in the inner city neighborhoods where minorities lived

• They gave low appraisals to black homeowners selling in urban areas

• They gave huge loans to black people who were looking to buy homes in suburban America

How did the US federal government get involved in the Little Rock Nine situation at Central High School in Arkansas?

• The Arkansas Governor sent the National Guard to serve as escorts for the black students

• President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort and protect the black students

• The local police arrested any white protestors who assaulted or tried to assault the black students

• Little Rock's Mayor made a speech outside Central High warning protestors not to prohibit the black students from entering

Which is not an effect of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Jim Crow Laws

• Carpool System

• MLK becomes a National figure in the Civil Rights Movement

• Courts ruled that bus segregation violated due process and equal protection clauses of 14th Amendment

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

• Guzman V. School

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Miranda V. Arizona

• Plessy V. Ferguson