Civil Rights Terms/People

A form of peaceful protest in which people occupy seats in a segregated facility

• non - segregation

• sit- in

• lie- in

Who was the civil rights leader during the Montgomery bus boycott?

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Rosa Parks

Segregation in public schools was declared unconstitutional in this court case.

• Civil rights vs. Board of Education

• Resistance vs Board of Educatio

• Brown vs. Board of Education

Why did many black people heistate to speak out against segregation?

• They were in fear of being fired

• They were often harassed by police

• all of the above

This was outlawed as a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• literacy tests

• voting tests

• graduation tests

Black power movement emphasized the effectiveness of

• nonviolent protests

• violent protests

• sit ins

Why were federal troops sent to Little Rock, Arkansas?

• to arrest a group of demonstrators

• to arrest Martin Luther King, Jr.

• to protect the first black students attending a high school

Why did people march to Washington in 1963?

• to see Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X speak at a rally

• to call for the passage of civil rights laws

• to call for segregation to continue

Because of the civil rights movement,

• African Americans got the same jobs as whites

• African Americans were elected to public office

• African Americans were now equal in every way to whites

Who were recruited to continue protests when fewer people were willing to do so because of fear of arrest?

• school children

• firemen and policemen

• teachers