The Civil Rights Movement

How did segregation affect the lives of African Americans?

• Facilities for African Americans were very equal to those provided for white people and were often allowed to become run-down. African Americans did not experience the economic prosperity that white Americans did.

• Facilities for African Americans were seldom equal to those provided for white people and were often allowed to become run-down. African Americans did not experience the economic prosperity that white Americans did.

• Facilities for African Americans were very equal to those provided for white people and were often allowed to become run-down. African Americans did experience the economic prosperity that white Americans did.

• None of these.

Why was Brown v. Board of Education decision important?

• It overturned the principle of "separate but equal" and touched the lives of most Americans because it affected schools.

• It overturned the principle of "segregation" and touched the lives of most Americans because it affected schools.

• It overturned the principle of "integration" and touched the lives of most Americans because it affected schools.

• None of these.

Why did President Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock?

• Eisenhower sent federal troops to Canada because he believed that as President he could not allow other nations to ignore the law. He said that respect for the law was the foundation of the American way of life.

• None of these.

• Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock because he believed that as President he could allow Americans to ignore the law. He said that respect for the law was the foundation of the American way of life, but only if the Southern states agreed.

• Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock because he believed that as President he could not allow Americans to ignore the law. He said that respect for the law was the foundation of the American way of life.

What role did Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. play in the Montgomery bus boycott?

• None of these.

• The arrest of Parks after her refusal to give up her seat to a white person started the boycott. King became leader of the MIA that sponsored the boycott.

• The arrest of Parks after her refusal to give up her child to a white person stated the boycott. King became leader of the Black Panthers that sponsored the boycott.

How did young people energize the civil rights movement in the 1960s?

• Young people brought an attitude of secrecy to the movement. They wanted change to come in decades. They organized sit-ins and other activities to slow the change and build on the momentum of the 1950s.

• Young people brought an attitude of violence to the movement. They wanted change to come quickly, not in decades. They organized riot fires and other activities to speed the change and build on the momentum of the 1950s.

• Young people brought an attitude of urgency to the movement. They wanted change to come quickly, not in decades. They organized sit-ins and other activities to speed the change and build on the momentum of the 1950s.

• None of these.

What did the freedom rides accomplish?

• The freedom rides led to desegregation of interstate public transportation and related facilities in the South.

• The freedom rides led to segregation of interstate public transportation and related facilities in the South.

• The freedom rides led to destruction of interstate public transportation and related facilities in the South.

• None of these.

How did James Meredith and Martin Luther King, Jr., prompt President Kennedy to promote civil rights?

• The violent reaction to Meredith's enrollment at the University of Mississippi led President Kennedy to address the nation and insist that desegregation laws be obeyed. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "Letter From Birmingham Jail," helped persuade Kennedy to send civil rights legislation to Congress.

• The violent reaction to Meredith's enrollment at the University of Florida led President Kennedy to address the nation and insist that desegregation laws be obeyed. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "Letter From Birmingham Jail," helped persuade Kennedy to send civil rights assistance to Alabama.

• The violent reaction to Meredith's enrollment at the University of Miami led President Kennedy to address the nation and insist that segregation laws be obeyed. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "Letter From Birmingham Jail," helped persuade Kennedy to send the National Guard to Florida.

• None of these.

What is considered the highlight of the March on Washington?

• It wasn’t symbolic and appropriate because Washington, D.C. is now the site of the U.S. government, which did not have the power to pass new laws to protect the rights of all Americans.

• It was symbolic and appropriate because Washington, D.C. is the site of the U.S. government, which had the power to pass new laws to protect the rights of all Americans.

• None of these.

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 try to end discrimination?

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed segregation in public places and in the workplace and gave the federal government power to require that state and local school boards desegregate their schools. The act also gave the Justice Department power to prosecute people who violated the civil rights of others.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1998 allowed segregation in public places and in the workplace and gave the federal government power to require that state and local school boards segregate their schools. The act also gave the Justice Department power to release people who violated the civil rights of others.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed integration in public places and in the workplace and gave the federal government power to require that state and local school boards segregate their schools. The act also gave the Department of Law Enforcement power to prosecute people who violated the civil rights of others.

• None of these.

What impact did the protests in Selma, Alabama have on the nation?

• The nation was astounded at the violence against the peaceful protesters.

• The nation was outraged at the violence against the peaceful protesters. Congress acted to ensure voting rights.

• The nation was in denial at the violence against the peaceful protesters. Congress did not act to ensure voting rights.

• None of these.