1960s Civil Rights Quiz

The Supreme Court case that struck down segregation in public institutions was 

• Bakke v California
• Loving v Virginia
• Brown v Board
• Bush v Gore

The March on Washington is most famous for...

• causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
• 200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
• the KKK became an illegal organization
• MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through...

• violence and riots.
• the political system.
• education.
• nonviolent passive resistance.

Segregation caused by private action & not legislation

• de facto segregation
• de jure segregation
• affirmative action
• ex post facto segregation

Nickname given to describe the first day of the Selma march

• Violent Monday

• Bloody Monday

• Bloody Sunday

• Wild Wednesday

An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.

• affirmative action
• de facto segregation
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
• National Organization for Women 

The main goal of the freedom riders was to 

• pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
• inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
• encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
• desegregate urban bus systems in the south

What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?

• Southern Peace Corps

• NAACP

• SNCC

• Black Panthers

Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?

• The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote
• The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech
• The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal
• The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws

John F. Kennedy ran for presidency in..

• 1961

• He never ran for president

• 1956

• 1960