Civil Rights Movement Review

_____________ was a national effort made by many Americans to obtain equal rights for African Americans in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s.

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Womens Rights Movement

• The Civil War

• The Progressive Movement

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

• Integration

• Segregation

• Desegregation

• Discrimination

Which Civil Rights leader was from Atlanta, Georgia, believed in a non-violent approach to civil rights, and wrote the book "Letters from a Birmingham Jail"?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ruby Bridges

• John Lewis

The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?

• Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north

• to protest racial segregation throughout the south

• to promote membership in the KKK

• to gain support for the Vietnam war

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

• March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Black Panthers

• Mass Support Demonstrations

• Little Rock Nine

In which way did members of the Baton Rouge community support the bus boycott?

• They raised money for legal aid for those arrested.

• They submitted a petition to the local government.

• They formed a union to negotiation on behalf of the boycotters.

• They provided a free ride system for boycotters without cars.

Which was a model for the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Woolworth's Sit Ins

• Baton Rouge Bus Boycott

• March on Washington

• Birmingham Campaign

The bar graph below shows the number of registered African American voters in several states. Which event caused the changes in African American voter registration shown in the graph?

• A. Congress passed the Voting Rights of 1965

• B. Southern States enacted their own new voting laws

• C. Desegregated restaurants and hotels made voting easiers

• D. Newly integrated schools enccouraged African Americans to vote

On Ruby’s first day of school, what did the white parents do?

• They pulled their children out of school.
• They let their children stay in school.
• They told their children to be nice to Ruby.
• They brought presents for Ruby.

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