Unit 1- 1st steps to freedom - Review

Who was the lawyer who argued the case of Brown v. Board of Education?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Emmett Till

Which event sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Emmett Till's murder

• The arrest of Rosa Parks

• The Little Rock Nine

• The Birmingham Campaign

Which organization was founded by Martin Luther King Jr. to fight for civil rights?

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Freedom Rides

What was the strategy used by civil rights activists during the first half of the 1960s?

• Boycotts

• Marches

• Sit-ins

• All of the above

Which act was passed in 1964 to outlaw discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?

• Civil Rights Act of 1957

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Selma March

Who was one of the leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and participated in the Selma March?

• James Lawson

• James Meredith

• James Farmer

• John Lewis

Which event marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• The Birmingham Campaign

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The Selma March

• The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

What term is used to describe segregation that is not legally enforced but exists in practice?

• de facto segregation

• de jure segregation

• racial segregation

• racial profiling

Who was the African American student who was the first to enroll at the University of Mississippi?

• Thurgood Marshall

• James Meredith

• Emmett Till

• Medgar Evers

Which organization formed the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to challenge the all-white delegation from Mississippi at the 1964 Democratic National Convention?

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)