Civil Rights Movement Test

What was the issue of the case of Elmore v. Rice?

• Elmore was not allowed to ride the public bus

• Elmore was not allowed to vote in the Democratic primary

• Elmore was not allowed to attend a closer school

• Elmore was denied his citizenship

Which of the following civil rights groups took cases to court to secure rights for African Americans?

• Tuskegee University

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• The Congress of Racial Equality

• The Southern Baptist Convention

What was the issue that caused parents to sue the Clarendon county school district in Briggs v. Elliott?

• Clarendon county refused to buy new textbooks for the Black schools

• Parents demanded new school buildings

• Black parents weren't allowed to serve on the Clarendon school board

• All the school buses in the county were used for transportation at the white schools

Briggs v Elliott was combined with the Brown v. Board of Education case. What did the Supreme Court decide?

• That segragation in public schools is legal and should be allowed

• That separate is equal

• That public buses should not be segregated

• That separate but equal isn't constitutional, and segregation should not be allowed

What was the reaction in South Carolina to the decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

• built more schools for Black students to make things "separate but equal"

• schools were fully integrated the next school year

• They joined other Southern states in trying to appeal the decision

• they created a 5 year plan to integrate all schools

Which strategy did Martin Luther King, Jr. believe was most effective for achieving African American civil rights?

• running for public office

• leaving the country

• violent mass protests

• nonviolent civil disobedience

In 1948 President Truman signed Executive Order 9981. What did this order do?

• Ended segregation among the Federal workforce

• Ended segregation in the Armed Services

• Ended segregation on public trains, planes and buses

• Ended segregation in hiring for federal jobs

Which South Carolina case helped decide the Rosa Parks lawsuit in Alabama?

• Flemming v. South Carolina Electric and Gas

• Briggs v. Elliott

• Elmore v. Rice

• Edwards v. South Carolina

How did SC governor James Byrnes respond to efforts to desegregate South Carolina?

• He increased spending to build more schools for Black students to comply with "separate but equal"

• He passed laws targeting the KKK

• He had madatory school attendance repealed so white students didn't have to attend desegregated schools

• He did all of these things to keep schools in SC segregated

Why was the “jail, no bail” strategy of the Friendship Nine successful?

• It forced the state to pay for keeping them in jail, and drew attention to their cause

• It won the sympathy of Southern law enforcement

• It earned the respect of the Southern middle class

• It caused more African Americans to participate in the Civil Rights movement