Civil Rights Review

The 1896 Supreme Court ruling Plessy v. Ferguson stated which of the following?

• All buses in the state of Alabama must be desegregated

• Segregating public schools was unconstitutional and must immediately be integrated

• The US military must immediately desegregate all branches

• Segregation was legal if facilities were "separate but equal"

Segregation enforced by laws was known as

• de facto segregation

• de jure segregation

Segregation that was followed due to customs and tradition was known as

• de facto segregation

• de jure segregation

Which of the following explains the significance of Brown v. Board of Education?

• It established equal funding for all public schools

• It struck down discriminatory hiring practices in public schools

• It ruled that segregating schools was unconstitutional

• It stated that schools could segregate on the premise of "separate but equal" facilities

Which of the following allowed the Montgomery Bus Boycott to be a success?

• Nearly 3/4 of the bus riders were African American

• The boycott had almost 100% participation

• The boycott had a significant economic impact on the city

• All of the above

The Little Rock Nine challenged whether this Supreme Court case was being implemented.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Brown v. Board of Education

• McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

The Sit-In Movement began in what city?

• Greensboro, North Carolina

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Nashville, Tennessee

• Montgomery, Alabama

The Sit-In Movement focused on ending

• segregation in movie theaters

• segregation at lunch counters in restaurants

• segregation at public parks

• segregation in libraries and public schools

What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?

• To challenge segregation on public trains

• To challenge segregation on interstate bus travel

• To challenge segregation in public schools

• To challenge restrictions on voting rights

The Freedom Riders met no resistance on their journey from Washington DC to New Orleans.

• true

• false