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Civil Rights Movement and 1950s

Authored by Christopher Galloway

Social Studies

11th Grade

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Civil Rights Movement and 1950s
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

desegregation in public schools became illegal

African-Americans began playing profession sports

desegregation in public schools due to violation of 14th amendment

desegregation in higher education/universities

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1 min • 1 pt

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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

It made Jim Crow Laws legal

It outlawed segregation and discrimination in public places

It ended segregation in private schools and businesses

It made poll taxes illegal

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

It gave African-American women the right to vote
It made literacy tests to vote illegal
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
It allowed all African-Americans to vote

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The March on Washington is most famous for...

causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
the KKK became an illegal organization

MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" or "Normalcy Never Again" speech

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Segregation on buses became illegal nationwide after a couple of days of boycotting

Segregation on buses became illegal after nearly a year of boycotting

African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is the purpose of the 24th Amendment?

It ended slavery
It ended segregation based on race
It made poll taxes illegal
It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be selected for the Supreme Court

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Thurgood Marshall became _______.

a president of the United States.
a principal in a school who fought racism.
the first African American on the Supreme Court.
one of the authors of the constitution.

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