Benchmark 4 Review S24

All of the following are goals of the early Civil Rights Movement except:

• Achieve desegregation

• Achieve equal economic opportunity

• Achieve racial equality

• Achieve segregation

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'Achieve segregation' because the early Civil Rights Movement aimed to achieve desegregation, equal economic opportunity, and racial equality, not segregation.

Supreme Court case that declared school segregation unconstitutional

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Roe v. Wade

Answer explanation

The Supreme Court case that declared school segregation unconstitutional was Brown v. Board of Education.

To disobey laws or common practices in a civilized way (supported by Dr. King, examples include sit ins, marches, etc.)

• Armed Self-Defense

• Non-violent Resistance

• Civil Disobedience

Answer explanation

To disobey laws or common practices in a civilized way (supported by Dr. King, examples include sit ins, marches, etc.) is known as Civil Disobedience.

To resist responding to violence with violence

• Armed Self Defense

• Non-violent Resistance

• Civil Disobedience

Answer explanation

To resist responding to violence with violence aligns with the concept of Non-violent Resistance, which advocates for peaceful means of protest and change.

What level of government got involved to protect the students in the Little Rock Nine and New Orleans School Integration Crisis?

• Local

• State

• Federal

Answer explanation

The correct level of government that got involved to protect the students in the Little Rock Nine and New Orleans School Integration Crisis was the Federal government.

Boycott of public bus transportation in an Alabama city that was caused/inspired by the arrest of Rosa Parks

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Riders

• Sit Ins

• Freedom Summer

Answer explanation

Boycott of public bus transportation in an Alabama city that was caused/inspired by the arrest of Rosa Parks is known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Demonstrations during the Civil Rights Movement in which activists literally sat down and refused to leave

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Riders

• Sit Ins

• Freedom Summer

Answer explanation

Activists during the Civil Rights Movement used Sit Ins as a form of demonstration by sitting down and refusing to leave until their demands were met.

Demonstration that aimed to force southern states to follow the Supreme Court ruling to desegregate interstate buses and facilities and gave the ICC the power to enforce the ruling

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Riders

• Sit Ins

• Freedom Summer

Answer explanation

The correct answer is Freedom Riders because they aimed to force southern states to follow the Supreme Court ruling to desegregate interstate buses and facilities and gave the ICC the power to enforce the ruling.

Project aimed to register African Americans in the South to vote

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Riders

• Sit Ins

• Freedom Summer

Answer explanation

The project aimed to register African Americans in the South to vote was Freedom Summer, which focused on voter registration and education in Mississippi in 1964.

Prohibited segregation in ALL public places, gave the U.S. Attorney General the power to take immediate action against those who refused to desegregate, cut federal funds to programs involved in discrimination, prohibited discrimination in employment

• 24th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer explanation

The correct choice is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as it prohibited segregation in public places, empowered the U.S. Attorney General to act against those who refused to desegregate, cut federal funds to discriminatory programs, and prohibited employment discrimination.