29.1 Taking on Segregation

What landmark Supreme Court decisions beginning in 1954 have guaranteed civil rights for Americans today?

• Decisions on women's suffrage

• Decisions on the right to education

• Landmark Supreme Court decisions on segregation

• Decisions on voting rights

Who was the president of the all-black Alabama State College, as well as the president of the Women's Political Council?

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Jo Ann Gibson Robinson

• Thurgood Marshall

What action did Jo Ann Gibson Robinson take after the arrest of an African-American woman for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in 1955?

• She organized a protest march

• She sent out a call for a boycott of Montgomery buses

• She filed a lawsuit against the bus company

• She gave a speech on civil rights

Which act outlawed segregation in public facilities by decreeing that "all persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations . . . of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement"?

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Civil Rights Act of 1875

• The Fair Housing Act

What was the result of the Supreme Court declaring the act that outlawed segregation unconstitutional in 1883?

• Segregated buses could not operate in Montgomery

• Segregated buses continued to operate in Montgomery

• All forms of segregation were immediately abolished

• The act was amended to allow segregation

What was the main effect of the Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson?

• It led to the desegregation of public facilities.

• It established the "separate but equal" doctrine.

• It resulted in the immediate equality of all races.

• It prohibited any form of segregation in the United States.

What did the Plessy v. Ferguson decision state about the treatment of Americans under the law?

• It stated that all Americans are not equal under the law.

• It stated that separate facilities for different races are inherently unequal.

• It stated that all Americans must receive equal treatment under the law.

• It stated that segregation was required by law.

Which of the following was a common restriction placed on African Americans in the South after the Civil War?

• Freedom to use any public facilities.

• Equal job opportunities with whites.

• Limitations on social and religious contact between races.

• The right to vote without any obstructions.

What was the "Whites Only" era characterized by?

• Racial equality and mixed neighborhoods.

• Integrated schools and public facilities.

• Segregation and the notion of white supremacy.

• The abolition of Jim Crow laws.

In the U.S. School Segregation map of 1952, which color indicates that segregation was required by law?

• Green

• Purple

• Yellow

• Blue