Civil Rights Movement Review

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

• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• African-Americans began playing profession sports
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
• MLK led a March on Washington

Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and....

• Assassinating JFK
• Organizing the March on Washington
• Winning the Brown v. the Board of Education case
• Giving African-Americans the right to vote

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

• It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
• It allowed African-Americans to run for political office
• It ended segregation in school
• It made poll taxes illegal

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

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" speech

Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting
• Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting
• African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
• Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat

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

What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois found?

• The Back to Africa Movement

• Tuskegee Institute

• NAACP

• Access for all movement

This amendment granted African American men the right to vote (1870) (USH.9A)

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 5th

This amendment declared that all persons   born in the United States (except American Indian tribes) were citizens, that   all citizens were entitled to equal rights regardless of their race, and   their rights were protected by due process of the law (1868) (USH.9A)

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 5th