The Civil Rights Movement in the 1940s & 1950s [APUSH Review Unit 8 Topic 6] Period 8: 1945-1980

Which Supreme Court decision established the "separate but equal" doctrine, upholding racial segregation as constitutional?

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

What action did President Harry S. Truman take to advance civil rights in the late 1940s?

• Abolished poll taxes through a constitutional amendment.

• Desegregated the United States Armed Forces.

• Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• Appointed the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education declared that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." What was the immediate directive given for integrating schools?

• Schools must integrate immediately without delay.

• Schools should integrate with "all deliberate speed."

• Schools were given 10 years to integrate.

• Integration was left to the discretion of individual states.

Which event demonstrated significant Southern resistance to the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The March on Washington

• The Little Rock Nine incident

• The Freedom Rides