civil rights movement

In which branch of government did Thurgood serve?

• executive
• judicial
• legislative
• none of them

Marshall took the case "Brown vs. the Board of Education" to the Supreme Court and won. What were the results of this success?

• It gave Linda Brown the freedom to attend the school close to her home.

• It showed that "separate but equal" was not truly equal.

• It ended all segregation in public schools.

• All answers are correct.

Ms. Parks tried to register to vote several times, but something prevented her. What was it?

• A poll tax

• She didn't know where to go

• An unfair "literacy" test

• None of the above

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Steps of the Lincoln Memorial 
• Washington Monument
• Washington Memorial
• In front of the White House

Set out to eliminate segregation from American society and to encourage African Americans to register to vote.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Orval Faubus

• de facto segregation

• Rosa Parks

An organization formed in 1960 to further the cause of equal rights for minorities. It is most famous for organizing sit-ins at universities, and freedom rides into the South

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• Albany Movement

• March on Washington

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Where did the four students stage a sit-in?

• Greenville, South Carolina

• Greensboro, North Carolina

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Memphis, Tennessee

What best describes Jim Crow laws?

• better opportunities for women
• African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
• discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
• unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education

Check ALL of the following that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped end discrimination/segregation in

• Transportations

• Restaurants

• Voting Rights

• Movie Theaters

How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last?

• 65 days

• 381 days

• 100 days

• 30 days