Crash Course U.S. History: Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s

What was the greatest invention in human history that emerged in the 1950s?

• Radio

• Telephone

• Internet

• Television

What percentage of Americans enjoyed a middle-class standard of living by 1960?

• 30%

• 80%

• 50%

• 60%

Who criticized Americans for being conformist and lacking the rich inner life necessary to be truly independent?

• A. Philip Randolph

• John Kenneth Galbraith

• David Riesman

• C. Wright Mills

Which case led to the desegregation of schools in California in 1946?

• Double-V crusade

• Scottsboro Boys case

• Mendez v. Westminster

• Brown v. Board of Education

Who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, kicking off the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Earl Warren

Which organization did Martin Luther King Jr. help to form after the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Congress of Racial Equality

• Black Panthers

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• NAACP

Which state closed its schools in 1959 as part of 'Massive Resistance' against integration?

• Virginia

• Arkansas

• Texas

• California

Who was the Chief Justice when the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education came before the Supreme Court in 1954?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Orval Faubus

• Earl Warren

• John C. Calhoun

What did the sociological research quoted by Justice Earl Warren in Brown v. Board of Education show about segregation?

• It is psychologically damaging to black children

• It benefits the educational and mental development of children

• It has no impact on children

• It promotes equality

What did the Eisenhower administration do in response to Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus using the National Guard to prevent the integration of Little Rock’s Central High School?

• Sent the National Guard to support Faubus

• Closed the school

• Ignored the situation

• Sent the 101st Airborne Division to walk kids to school