Civil Rights Movement

What significant precedent did Brown v. Board of Education overturn in 1954?

• Jim Crow Laws

• The Plessy v. Ferguson "separate but equal" doctrine

• The Civil Rights Act

• The Voting Rights Act

Which president integrated the U.S. military despite potential political consequences?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• John F. Kennedy

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was triggered by the arrest of:

• Claudette Colvin

• Rosa Parks

• Coretta Scott King

• Dorothy Height

Who was the police commissioner in Birmingham whose violent tactics against protesters were televised nationwide?

• "Bull" Connor

• George Wallace

• Jim Clark

• Orval Faubus

Booker T. Washington advocated for:

• Immediate political equality

• Violent resistance

• Economic self-reliance before political rights

• Direct confrontation with white society

W.E.B. Du Bois disagreed with Washington primarily over:

• The importance of education

• The need for immediate political and social equality

• Economic independence

• Religious freedom

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy of civil disobedience was influenced by:

• Malcolm X

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Stokely Carmichael

• Marcus Garvey

The Democratic Party's support in the South declined primarily because:

• Economic policies favored the North

• Southern voters preferred Republican fiscal policies

• White Southerners opposed civil rights legislation

• African Americans moved to the Republican Party

Malcolm X was associated with which organization before his pilgrimage to Mecca?

• SCLC

• NAACP

• Nation of Islam

• Black Panthers

The Black Panthers were known for:

• Promoting nonviolent resistance only

• Supporting integration with white society

• Armed self-defense and community programs

• Supporting conservative political candidates