Civil Rights

To achieve equal rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for:

• Justice by any means necessary

• Passive Resistance

• Waiting patiently

• Creating conflict

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What was the name of the organization that Malcolm X created as a way of fighting for equal rights and ending police brutality?

• Black Justice

• Black Panthers

• Black Leopards

• Black Liberty

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The case that established the "Separate but Equal" doctrine is known as:

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. the Board of Education

• Mulberry v. Madison

• Roe v. Wade

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The court case that declared the 'separate but equal' doctrine as unconstitutional was:

• Green v. Cleveland

• San Francisco v. Mayfield

• Brown v. the Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

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According to the video, what was one of the main reasons pro-segregationists wanted to keep African-American students out of "white" schools?

• They thought white children might learn bad habits from African-American children.

• They worried that their children would become friends and possibly fall in love, later to get married.

• They thought African-American children didn't deserve a quality education.

• They thought white children and African-American children wouldn't get along, and school would be disrupted with fighting.

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Why was the Montgomery Bus Boycott successful?

• The bus company owners felt bad for the African-American riders.

• The prisons were overcrowded from people arrested for sitting in the wrong place.

• The buses were destroyed during violent riots.

• The buses lost 70% of their revenue when African-American citizens stopped riding.

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Which of these is an example of passive resistance?

• Sitting quietly in a restaurant and refusing to leave.

• Attending a march and protesting with signs.

• Attending a town hall meeting and voicing dissatisfaction with a new policy.

• Running for governor to make changes yourself.