Civil Rights Movement

What were the Jim Crow laws designed to do in the Southern United States?

• Create separate facilities for white and African American people under the separate but equal clause

• Legalize discrimination

• Socially segregate white and African American people

• Create poll taxes and literacy tests to keep African Americans from voting

Answer explanation

The Jim Crow laws were designed to take away all of the rights that were given to African Americans in the Amendments passed following the end of the Civil War.

What things did the Jim Crow laws target?

• Schools

• Transportation like busses and taxis

• Bathrooms

• Voting Rights

• Movie Theaters

True or False: The ruling in Plessy vs Ferguson made segregation in the United States legal.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This decision led to many new Jim Crow laws being made and allowed the government to legally use the separate but equal doctrine.

True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. was a preacher and a Civil Rights activist.

• True

• False

When protesting for civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr. used ______________ forms of protest.

Which of the following are examples of protesting that African Americans participated in during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Marches

• Protests

• Sit-Ins

• Boycotts

• Speeches

Answer explanation

The forms of protest that were common were all nonviolent or peaceful which was an idea from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

True or False: Following Rosa Parks being arrested for her refusal to give up her seat on the bus, a bus boycott happened in Alabama over the next year.

• True

• False

True or False: After one year of the bus boycotts in Alabama, nothing changed.

• False

• True

Answer explanation

After one year of the bus boycotts, the segregation of the bussing system ended. The government did not realize how much money they were going to lose over the boycotts.

What things did African Americans want changed?