Civil Rights

Match the person to the correct description

• Led the United Farm Workers

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Dedicated to ending poverty

• Huey P. Newton

• Co-founded the Black Panthers

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Advocated non-violent resistance

• Cesar Chavez

The decision in the court case​ (a)   upheld segregation and established the "separate but equal" doctrine. However, the court case ​ (b)   overturned this ruling in 1954 and stated "separate is inherently unequal".

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Hernandez v. Texas
• Sweatt v. Painter

This amendment promises "equal protection under the law"

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• 16th amendment

Which of the following is an example of segregation?

•  Minorities were not allowed to attend schools with whites. 

• Poll taxes in federal elections were deemed unconstitutional.

• The Food Stamp Program offered assistance to low income families

• Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for protesting

Match the cause to the IMMEDIATE effect

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed

• Decision in Brown v. Board of Education

• Shirley Chisolm was elected

• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat

• Montgomery Bus boycott

• MLK delivered the "I Have a Dream" Speech

• Segregation in schools ended

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed

What was President Dwight D. Eisenhower's decision in response to the Little Rock Crisis in 1957?

• He imposed economic sanctions on Arkansas for resisting integration.

• He supported the Arkansas governor's refusal to allow integration.

• He sent federal troops to enforce the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School.

The Black Panther Party's tactics differed from those of Martin Luther King Jr., because the Black Panthers called for -

• the use of the court system to gain equality

• respecting government authority

• the use of armed resistance if necessary

• enduring justice through religious faith

What role did Orval Faubus play in the Little Rock Crisis?

• He vetoed legislation to establish a separate school system for whites and blacks

• He challenged the authority of the federal government to desegregate schools

• He refused assistance from the federal government to improve minority graduation rates

Select TWO correct effects of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Literacy tests were banned

• Segregation in public spaces was outlawed

• Equal employment opportunities for minorities and women

• Federal assistance was established through Medicaid

Which action opposed the civil rights advances that the Reconstruction amendments had promised?

• The temperance movement

• The passage of Jim Crow laws

• The passage of anti trust legislation

• The conservation movement