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Who said this quote? "To bring about change, you must note be afraid to take the first step."
Rosa Parks
Cesar Chavez
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
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What is segregation?
policy of separating people based on different races, religions, etc.
the act of protesting by refusing to use or buy something
unfair treatment of a person or group
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Who began the Civil Rights Act and who signed (president) into law?
President John F. Kennedy began the act but Lyndon B. Johnson signed it
Martin Luther King Jr began and signed the Civil Rights Act
Lyndon B Johnson created the Civil Rights Act and JFK signed it
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Who was Rosa Parks?
a teacher
president
a lawyer
Civil Rights activist
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Which leader is known as "Mr. Civil Rights"?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
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What was the 23rd amendment?
lowered the voting age to 18
gave residents of Washington DC the right to vote in presidential elections
gave all men the right to vote, no matter their race
gave women the right to vote
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Who was Thurgood Marshall?
a lawyer for the Brown v. Board of Education case
the first African American Supreme Court justice
president of the US
bus driver during the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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What event inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
Rosa Parks' arrest
the March on Washington
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Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
Washington D.C.
Selma, Alabama
Atlanta, Ga
Montgomery, AL
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Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work for Civil Rights?
Cesar Chavez
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
John F. Kennedy
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What was the 24th amendment?
allowed women the right to vote
gave residents of Washington DC the right to vote
banned poll taxes for voting
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Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
23rd
19th
15th
1st
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Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
The first African American Supreme Court justice
JFK's Vice President who became President when JFK died
A civil rights activist
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What was Martin Luther King's speech at the March on Washington called?
"I have life"
"I had a watermelon"
"I Have a Dream"
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What was the 15th amendment?
It banned poll taxes
It gave women the right to vote
It allowed all men to vote, including African Americans
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Who went to jail for refusing to give up a seat on the bus?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
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What did the Civil Rights Act do?
banned polling taxes and literacy tests
outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin.
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How did Jim Crow Laws restrict the rights of Americans?
poll taxes
unfair literacy tests to register to vote
forced black people to sit at the back of the bus
Unequal pay
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When was the Civil Rights Act passed?
1959
1964
1975
2001
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What was the importance of
The Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court Case?
It promoted Jim Crow Laws
It was the initial case led by T. Marshall to stop segregation in schools
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What was one effect of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
New laws were created that said segregation on buses was illegal
Rosa Parks was arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. became president
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What was the purpose of the March on Washington?
to give rights for equal jobs/pay and freedom for ALL Americans
to allow all Americans to vote
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What was one positive effect of the television in the 1960s?
power outages
businesses could advertise
news and entertainment
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Which events were televised?
Space Race
Vietnam War
assassination of JFK
WWII
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Who was involved in the Space Race?
Germany and United States
USSR and Germany
United States and USSR
United States and Great Britain
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Who was Cesar Chavez?
a lawyer and judge
an American labor leader that fought for civil rights for farm workers
a president
