Civil Rights Movement Review '26

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that...

• states may not secede from the Union

• all western territories should be open to slavery

• racial segregation was legal

• slaves are property and may not be taken from their owners

The practice of separating people into different areas, usually because of their race, class, or ethnic group.

• Integration

• Segregation

• Desegregation

• Discimination

A court case in 1954 that ended segregation in schools. The Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal schools for African American and white children were unconstitutional.

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Dred Scott vs. Stanford

• Miranda v. Arizona

The process of bringing together people, usually of different races or religions, and providing them with equality in society or an organization.

• Integration

• Discrimination

• Segregation

• Desegregation

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What was the effect of the case Brown v. Board of Education?

• establish segregation in schools

• require the integration of public schools

What were the laws called that separated black people from white people?

• Jim Crow Laws

• Amendments

• Lincoln Laws

• Emancipation Laws

How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?

• It gave free transportation to African Americans
• It segregated buses in America
•  It made Rosa Parks lots of money
• It helped de-segregate buses in America

How did newspapers and media play a role in the Civil Rights Movement?

• They avoided showing negative aspects of the Civil Rights Movement and instead focused only on peace and prosperity in the South.

• They showed how unfair Jim Crow laws were and helped convince people to join the Civil Rights Movement

•  The newspapers included all aspects of the Civil Rights Movement, whereas tv stations chose to ignore that matters.

• They showed how people of all races appreciated and supported the Jim Crow laws

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster