Earl Warren & the Supreme Court

Who was the chief justice of the US Supreme Court during the landmark decision in Brown v Board of Education?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Earl Warren

• Malcolm X

• John F. Kennedy

What was the significance of the Brown v Board of Education decision?

• It demanded the speedy integration of all public schools in the South

• It reinforced legal racial segregation

• It overturned the concept of 'separate but equal' facilities for black and white children

• It declared legal segregation on interstate public transportation unconstitutional

Who was the chief lawyer for the NAACP in the Brown v Board of Education case?

• Earl Warren

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr

• Malcolm X

Which Supreme Court case declared legal segregation of black and white passengers on public transportation within cities unconstitutional?

• Boynton v Virginia

• Browder v Gayle

• Brown II case

• Brown v Board of Education

What was the role of US marshals in enforcing federal law during the civil rights movement?

• They were responsible for implementing state laws

• They were involved in the Freedom Rides

• They were part of the Black Panther Movement

• They were dispatched to protect black students attempting to enrol in all-white schools

Who was the president of the USA during the attempt to allow nine black American students to attend an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas?

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Lyndon Johnson

What was the response of the southern state governors to the US Supreme Court decisions on racial segregation?

• They fully supported the decisions

• They resigned from their positions in protest

• They openly challenged the right of the federal government to interfere in southern politics

• They implemented the decisions without any resistance

What was the significance of the Southern Manifesto signed by 100 southern senators and members of Congress?

• It called for immediate racial integration in the South

• It demanded the resignation of the US Supreme Court justices

• It supported the civil rights movement

• It declared outright opposition to the US Supreme Court decisions on racial integration

What was the role of the Black Panther Movement in the civil rights movement?

• They were part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• They were involved in the Freedom Rides

• They were centred in black communities in the North and West

• They supported Martin Luther King's non-violent approach

What was the main theme of Martin Luther King's campaign for equal civil rights for black Americans?

• Violent revolution

• Separation of black and white communities

• Non-violent change

• Radical economic change