Civil Rights Movement

In what years did the Civil Rights Movement occur?

• 1940s and 1950s

• 1950s and 1960s

• 1960s and 1970s

• 1970s and 1980s

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Movement?

• To promote economic growth

• To gain political, social, and economic rights for African Americans

• To establish new state laws

• To support international relations

What were Jim Crow laws?

• Federal laws promoting equality

• Local or state laws that helped to spread discrimination by limiting the rights of African Americans

• Laws supporting women's rights

• International trade laws

What did the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson establish in 1896?

• Segregation was illegal

• Facilities for blacks and whites could be 'separate but equal'

• Voting rights for women

• Freedom of speech

Who were two famous leaders during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman

• Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois

What did the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education establish in 1954?

• Segregation in schools was legal

• It was illegal to segregate students based on race

• Voting rights for all citizens

• Equal pay for equal work

What was the result of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a city bus?

• It led to the Little Rock Nine incident.

• It resulted in the March on Washington.

• It led to a bus boycott and significantly impacted the bus company's revenue.

• It initiated the Freedom Rides.

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

• A group of civil rights leaders who organized the March on Washington.

• African American students who attempted to attend a formerly segregated school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

• Protesters who participated in lunch counter sit-ins.

• Riders who challenged segregation by traveling through the South.

What was the purpose of the March on Washington?

• To protest against the Vietnam War.

• To demand the desegregation of schools.

• To force civil rights legislation and establish job equality for everyone.

• To support the Freedom Rides.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do for African Americans?

• It allowed African Americans to vote without restrictions.

• It prohibited segregation in public places and banned discrimination based on race.

• It provided free education for African American children.

• It established the NAACP.