Civil Rights Movement Strategies and Events

African American Students used a ________ to protest a "whites only" lunch counter.

• march
• boycott
• rally
• sit-in

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in the use of _________________ as the best strategy to achieve equal rights in the US.

• civil disobedience

• political lobbying
• legal battles
• violent protests

Which of the following affected school desegregation the most

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Great Society
• Civil Rights Act of 1964

  Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

True or False: In the US Southern schools were the first to desegregate.

• True

• False

What did President Dwight D. Eisenhower do when soldiers kept black students from entering a high school in Arkansas.

• let it go

• sent federal troops to intervene

• told them not to go to school

• went to Arkansas

What amendment was the Jim Crow legal system based on?

• 10th Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

Freedom Riders aimed to

• end segregation in public transportation
• promote racial segregation
• advocate for increased bus fares
• support public transportation privatization

What is racial integration?

• Racial integration is the separation of different races to maintain cultural identity.
• Racial integration refers to the practice of enforcing racial quotas in schools.
• Racial integration is the process of promoting racial superiority among certain groups.
• Racial integration is the process of uniting people of different races to promote equality and reduce segregation.

Federal voting rights laws of the 1950's and 1960's were made to

• eliminate racial discrimination in voting
• simplify the voting process
• restrict voting age
• increase voter turnout

How did President Harry S. Truman help the Civil Rights movement in the United States?

• Truman opposed the establishment of the NAACP.
• Truman desegregated the armed forces

• Truman increased military spending to combat civil rights issues.
• Truman implemented stricter immigration laws affecting civil rights.