Civil Rights Review!

Which Supreme Court case desegregated schools in the 1950s?

• Brown v Board of Educaation

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Korematsu v United States

• Schenck v United States

Which attorney argued for school desegregation, and later served as the first person of color on the Supreme Court?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Marcus Garvey

• Booker T Washington

Which Arkansas governor sent the National Guard in to prevent the desegregation of Little Rock High School?

• George Wallace

• Dwight D Eisenhower

• Orval Faubus

• George Clinton

In what city did Rosa Parks take her famous stand in an effort to desegregate city buses?

• Birmingham

• Montgomery

• Mobile

• Huntsville

banned poll taxes

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 24th Amendment

banned literacy tests and other barriers to voting by disadvantaged or minority groups

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• 24th Amendment

also known as the Fair Housing Act; banned housing discrimination; prevented banks from refusing to loan money to homebuyers or color

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• 24th Amendment

banned segregation in public accomodations; prohibited employment discrimination

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• 24th Amendment

Which President was associated with massive progress in the civil rights movement, including the banning of segregation and the protection of voting rights?

• John F Kennedy

• Richard M Nixon

• Lyndon B Johnson

• Dwight D Eisenhower

What happened when the Arkansas National Guard attempted to prevent the Little Rock Nine from integrating Central High School after the Brown decision?

• Ike sent federal troops in to protect them

• Ike gave them no support, resulting in increased violence

• the Supreme Court issued a follow-up statement, slowing down school integration

• African-American leaders formed a militia to protect the Nine