Civil Rights after ww2

Which landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 declared that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Sweatt v. Painter

Which act, passed in 1968, aimed to prevent discrimination in housing based on race, religion, national origin, and later sex, disability, and family status?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Equal Credit Opportunity Act

• Fair Housing Act

• Americans with Disabilities Act

Who was the first African American woman to deliver a keynote address at a major party convention?

• Shirley Chisholm

• Barbara Jordan

• Angela Davis

• Rosa Parks

What organization did Dr. Hector P. Garcia found in 1948 to fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans?

• NAACP

• American G.I. Forum of Texas

• Black Panther Party

• United Farm Workers

What year did the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech, take place?

• 1960

• 1963

• 1965

• 1968

Which group was most directly affected by the implementation of the poll tax in Texas in 1902?

• Women

• African Americans

• Landowners

• Non-English speakers

Which Supreme Court decision declared that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

Which act, signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Equal Employment Opportunity Act

• Fair Housing Act

Who was a prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement advocating for nonviolent protest?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Frederick Douglass

• Booker T. Washington

What year was the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) established?

• 1929

• 1939

• 1949

• 1959