Early Civil Rights Quiz

What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

• African-Americas could play sports
• Segregation of public schools became legal
• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• MLK led the March on Washington

Which amendment ensured citizenship and the basic rights of all citizens?  

• 13th amendment
• 14th amendment
• 15th amendment
• 16th amendment

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal".

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster

Which president integrated the military and federal government?

• Truman
• Eisenhower
• Roosevelt
• Kennedy

Refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation.

• Rosa Parks
• Selma March
• Little Rock Nine
• Civil Disobedience

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime, within the United States.

• 15th Amendment
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment

Landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.

• 14th Amendment
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Sweat v Painter
• Plessy v. Ferguson

African-American civil rights organization formed in 1909 by W. E. B. Du Bois and others.  Mainly used legal battles to win civil rights victories.

• Black Panthers
• Little Rock Nine
• N.A.A.C.P.
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

In what state did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?

• Mississippi

• Georgia

• Alabama

• Texas