Struggle for Equality: Post-WWII America

What landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Loving v. Virginia

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War?

• The 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The 19th Amendment

Who was the African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955, becoming an iconic figure in the Civil Rights Movement?

• Rosa Parks

• Coretta Scott King

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed discrimination in which of the following areas?

• Employment

• Voter registration

• Public accommodations

• All of the above

What was the primary goal of the Women's Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s?

• To secure the right to vote for women

• To achieve equal rights for women, particularly in the workplace

• To promote women's education

• To establish women-only communities

Which act, passed in 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment?

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

• Fair Housing Act

• Equal Pay Act

Who was the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962, an event that was met with riots on the campus?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

• James Meredith

• Martin Luther King Jr.

What was the main strategy used by civil rights activists to challenge segregation in the South?

• Armed rebellion

• Nonviolent protest

• Lobbying Congress

• Economic boycotts

In what year did the Supreme Court rule that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

• 1944

• 1954

• 1964

• 1974

Which organization was founded by Betty Friedan and others in 1966 to promote feminist goals?

• National Organization for Women (NOW)

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)