Civil Rights Test Review

The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson created what?

• The doctrine of 'separate but equal'

• The abolition of slavery

• The right to free speech

• The right to vote for women

Which court case said separate law school for African Americans would be inferior and led to minorities being admitted into graduate school programs?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

The segregation of schools was a violation of which amendment?

• First Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

The first African American to be a member of the Supreme Court was:

• Thurgood Marshall

• Clarence Thomas

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Brown v. Board of Education decision resulted in:

• the legalization of racial segregation in schools

• the desegregation of public schools

• the establishment of private schools

• the increase of school funding

What court case overturned the “Separate but Equal” standard established by Plessy v. Ferguson and desegregated public schools?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Marbury v. Madison

Rosa Parks was arrested because:

• she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person

• she was protesting against the Vietnam War

• she was involved in a bank robbery

• she was caught shoplifting

What happened after Rosa Parks was arrested?

• The Civil Rights Act was passed

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott began

• Rosa Parks was released immediately

• Nothing significant happened

What did the Montgomery Bus Boycott lead to?

• A significant change in policy.

• An increase in population.

• A decrease in pollution.

• A rise in unemployment.

The “Little Rock Nine” were a group of African American students who were enrolled in which high school in 1957?

• Central High School

• North Little Rock High School

• Little Rock Central Junior High

• Hall High School