What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?

separate but equal facilities is constitutional

What was the result of the Freedom Rides?

Interstate Commerce Commission banned segregation in interstate facilities.

Why were African Americans less willing to accept Jim Crow laws following WWII?

They served and fought during WWII and wanted equal rights.

What was the purpose of the March on Washington?

Encourage Congress to pass a civil rights bill

Why was the southern portion of the country resistant to the Brown vs. Board of Education decision?

Still influenced by their social and economic history.

Why did the governor of Arkansas send the military to Central High in Little Rock Arkansas?

Opposed integration & wanted to block the students from entering the school

What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board?

Segregated public school are unconstitutional.

What did the people who participated in sit-ins hope to accomplish?

Force public places to desegregate

What event inspired the Montgomery bus boycott?

Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger

Why did Martin Luther King Jr. choose to lead a march in Birmingham?

He realized that if he could change Birmingham he could change anywhere.

What was the goal of Freedom Summer?

Register African Americans to vote

How did the Montgomery bus boycott force the city to change its laws?

The Supreme Court ruled bus segregation was unconstitutional

How did the Black Panthers change the African American communities?

Provided daycares, free breakfasts, and medical clinics.

How did the 24th amendment help African Americans?

It eliminated the poll tax which many African Americans could not afford

What role did the media play in the civil rights movement?

The media reported the violence and shocked many Americans

Why did federal marshals accompany James Meredith to the University of Mississippi?

To protect him from white protestors

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1
What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?
African Americans were given the right to vote.
African Americans were given the right to own property
separate but equal facilities is constitutional
separate but equal facilities is unconsititutional
2
What was the result of the Freedom Rides?
Many Freedom Riders faced violence and accomplished very little.
Buses were desegregated, but other facilities were segregated.
Interstate Commerce Commission banned segregation in interstate facilities.
African Americans were still forced to sit in the back of the bus.
3
Why were African Americans less willing to accept Jim Crow laws following WWII?
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball
Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court justice.
They wanted separate but equal facilities.
They served and fought during WWII and wanted equal rights.
4
What was the purpose of the March on Washington?
Integrate the U.S. military
Register African Americans to vote
Encourage Congress to pass a civil rights bill
Force public places to desegregate
5
Which civil rights leader supported militant protests?
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
6
Why was the southern portion of the country resistant to the Brown vs. Board of Education decision?
These states were still a part of the Confederacy.
Still influenced by their social and economic history.
Most African Americans did not want to attend school.
Few African Americans lived in this region.
7
Why did the governor of Arkansas send the military to Central High in Little Rock Arkansas?
To protect African American voters at the voting booths
To stop African Americans from voting
To ensure 9 African Americans the right to attend a segregated school
Opposed integration & wanted to block the students from entering the school
8
What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board?
Jim Crow laws are constitutional.
Seperate but equal schools are constitutional.
Segregated public school are unconstitutional.
De facto segregation is unconsitutional.
9
What did the people who participated in sit-ins hope to accomplish?
Register African Americans to vote
Integrate the U.S. military
Integrate major league baseball
Force public places to desegregate
10
What is the name for the type of segregation developed out of custom?
De Facto segregation
De Jure segregation
De Franco segregation
Affirmative Action.
11
Which of the following is an example of civil disobedience?
Assassination
Carrying weapons
Burning down cities
Sit-in
12
Who was the co-founder of the Black Panthers?
Bobby Seale
Thurgood Marshall
Ernest Medina
Huey P. Newton
13
What best describes the type of protest used during the Montgomery bus boycott?
Non-violent and economic
Violent and religious
Non-violent and religious
Violent and economic
14
Which Civil rights leader believed nonviolent resistance & civil disobedience would achieve equality?
Malcolm X
Bobby Seale
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
15
Who changed his last name because it represented his ancestors’ slave master.
James Merideth
Malcolm Little
Rosa Parks
Bobby Seale
16
Which of the following is an example of civil disobedience?
burning down cities
sit-in
assassinations
carrying weapons
17
Who was the preacher who led the bus boycott?
Gandhi
Henry David Thoreau
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
18
What event inspired the Montgomery bus boycott?
The Little Rock Arkansas incident
Jackie Robinson’s breakthrough into baseball
Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger
Thurgood Marshall’s selection to the Supreme Court
19
Who won a federal court case to enroll in an all white university?
Martin Luther King , Jr.
Elizabeth Eckford
James Merideth
Ernest Green
20
An investigation that found that long term racial discrimination is what was causing the violence in the U.S. in 1960s.
Warren Court
Kerner Commission
Warren Commission
Johnson Commission
21
Why did Martin Luther King Jr. choose to lead a march in Birmingham?
He knew he would be successful.
He knew he would be met with a lot of resistance.
He realized that if he could change Birmingham he could change anywhere.
He knew the media would publicize the brutality.
22
What was the goal of Freedom Summer?
Register African Americans to vote
Integrate major league baseball
Force public places to desegregate
Integrate the U.S. military
23
How did the Montgomery bus boycott force the city to change its laws?
The city provided separate but equal buses for whites and blacks
The city stopped providing bus transportation
The Supreme Court ruled bus segregation was constitutional
The Supreme Court ruled bus segregation was unconstitutional
24
How did the Black Panthers change the African American communities?
Provided daycares, free breakfasts, and medical clinics.
Used the media to gain support for the Civil Rights Movement.
Rallied for the government to enforce existing desegregation laws.
Encouraged other minority groups to join the fight for Civil Rights.
25
How did the 24th amendment help African Americans?
It allowed African Americans to attend public schools
It allowed African Americans to protest non-violently
It ended separate but equal facilities
It eliminated the poll tax which many African Americans could not afford
26
Which of the following created a feeling of a shared culture among African Americans?
Harlem Renaissance
Vietnam War
American Revolutionary War
Classical music
27
What role did the media play in the civil rights movement?
The media reported the violence and shocked many Americans
The media only reported protests held by whites
The media refused to report on the movement at all
The media encouraged people to join the KKK.
28
Which civil rights leader supported militant protests?
Rosa Parks
Little Rock 9
Thurgood Marshall
Bobby Seale
29
True or False: They Great Migration was when African Americans moved from cities to the suburbs.
True
False
30
Why did federal marshals accompany James Meredith to the University of Mississippi?
To protect him from African American protestors
To protect him from both white and African American protestors
To protect him from white protestors
To arrest him for violating Jim Crow laws

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