Early Civil Rights Movement

Who issued the executive order to desegregate the armed forces?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Harry S. Truman

• John F. Kennedy

What amendment abolished the poll tax?

• 14th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

What was the main issue at the heart of Brown vs. Board of Education?

• Voting rights

• School segregation

• Housing discrimination

• Employment discrimination

What was the Southern Manifesto?

• A plan to desegregate schools

• A declaration of Southern independence

• A document arguing against the Brown decision

• A proposal for new civil rights legislation

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

• A group of civil rights activists

• Members of the Supreme Court

• Legislators who supported civil rights

• Black students integrating a high school in Arkansas