AAH Ch. 10 Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Who desegregated the armed forces after World War II?

• President Truman

• Branch Rickey

• Jackie Robinson

• Thurgood Marshall

Which court case ruled that states had to provide equal educational facilities or allow black students to attend white schools?

• Little Rock 9

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Gaines v. Canada

Who was the brilliant lawyer hired by the NAACP to challenge 'separate but equal'?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• James Farmer

• James Lawson

Which event marked a major shift in the Civil Rights Movement?

• Baton Rouge Bus Boycott

• Freedom Rides

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Sit-In Movement

Who was chosen to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• James Farmer

• Rosa Parks

• James Lawson

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Which civil rights group believed in nonviolent protests and was inspired by Mohandas Gandhi?

• SCLC

• NAACP

• SNCC

• CORE

Which organization organized the Freedom Rides in 1961?

• NAACP

• SCLC

• SNCC

• CORE

Which civil rights act produced limited progress and created division in the U.S. Justice Department?

• Equal Pay Act of 1963

• Civil Rights Act of 1957

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Who was the first African American student to be admitted to the University of Mississippi?

• Vivian Malone

• James Hood

• James Meredith

• Medgar Evers

Which city saw a series of boycotts, sit-ins, and marches to challenge segregation laws?

• Washington

• Birmingham

• Albany

• Montgomery