The purpose of Jim Crow laws were to

Keep Black Americans separate from White Americans

What did Freedom Riders do?

Rode buses into the South and fought segregation

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated

literacy tests as prerequisites for voting

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

Students who broke the color barrier in public schools

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1
The federal government responded to which issue by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Unequal representation in local legislatures
Inadequate medical services
Unfair lending practices by banks
Discrimination by employers
2
What speech did MLK give during the March on Washington?
"Ballot or the Bullet"
"We Shall Overcome"
"I Have a Dream"
"Letters from a Birmingham Jail"
3
Who became the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Emmett Till
4
The purpose of Jim Crow laws were to
Keep Black Americans separate from White Americans
Remove literacy tests that kept Black Americans from voting
Give equal pay for equal work for women
End racism
5
Who organized thousands of farm workers to protest for better wages and working conditions?
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm X
Earl Warren
Cesar Chavez
6
What did Freedom Riders do?
A group who aimed to integrate buses in Montgomery.
None of the above
Rode buses into the South and fought segregation
Attempted to continue segregation by helping the KKK
7
Cesar Chavez organized what group to help get better pay and working conditions?
NOW
United Farm Workers
Congress of Racial Equality
NAACP
8
What court case reversed Plessy and removed segregation in public schools
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
McElrath v. Georgia
Miranda v. Arizona
9
Rosa Parks' actions led to which protest?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
Birmingham Race Riots
Selma March
10
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated
age discrimination in state voting laws
literacy tests as prerequisites for voting
proof of residency as a condition for voting
None of the above
11
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
Students who sat in the wrong seats at a diner
Students who broke the color barrier in public schools
Students who fought against the integration of public schools
Students challenged the interstate bus law
12
Whose murder brought nationwide awareness to the racial violence in the South and inspired the Civil Rights movement?
Hillard Brooks
Melvin Womack
Emmett Till
Rosa Parks
13
This Supreme Court decision declared "separate but equal"
Mapp v. Ohio
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
14
Integration is keeping racial groups separate
True
False
15
Which civil rights leader had an "any means necessary" approach?
John Lewis
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr
Thurgood Marshall
16
What was MLK Jr.'s main strategy for combating segregation?
Armed rebellion
Nonviolent resistance
Writing newspaper articles
None of the above
17
What type of protest do people sit down and refuse to leave?
Stand-inside
Sit-down
Stand-in
Sit-in

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