During World War II, how did the NAACP help African Americans?
They challenged individual segregation cases in court
They fought for equal opportunity for African Americans in housing and employment
They helped African Americans register to vote
all of the above
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which United States president ended segregation in the Armed Forces in 1948?
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which United States president called in federal troops to support African American students at Little Rock Central High School?
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Harry S. Truman
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What legal action helped to end segregation in public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
Hernandez v. Texas
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Name the Supreme Court Judge who made this statement about education:“We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of “separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are always unequal.”
Orval Faubus
Thurgood Marshall
Earl Warren
Martin Luther King, Jr.
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
forcing people to use separate facilities according to race
boycott
segregation
civil disobedience
integration
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The mixing of different racial groups
boycott
segregation
integration
civil disobedience
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Montgomery Improvement Association was created in ___________ to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1947
1955
1965
1896
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded by ___________________
African Americans to fight for Civil Rights
White Americans to end integration laws
the federal government to fight for Civil Rights
The state government to end integration laws
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Montgomery is located in the state of Georgia
True
False
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Jackie Robinson was chosen as Rookie of the Year in his first year in the Major Leagues
True
False
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The first war that US soldiers fought side by side in integrated units was the Vietnam War
True
False
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The NAACP challenged the Plessy v. Ferguson for the first time during World War II.
True
False
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Why was Moses Fleetwood Walker important to the history of Major League Baseball?
He was the first African American player to join a Major League team in 1947
He was the first African American player to join a Major League team in 1884
He was the first African American player to become Rookie of the year
He was the first African American coach for a Major League team in 1884
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Montgomery bus boycott?
It marked the end of segregated facilities and services in southern states
It proved the effectiveness of civil disobedience as a way to win rights
Martin Luther King Jr emerged as a major civil rights leader
It focused the nation’s attention on the struggle for civil rights in the South
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who was the NAACP lawyer who later became the first African American Supreme Court Judge?
Orval Faubus
Thurgood Marshall
Earl Warren
Martin Luther King, Jr.
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The United States Armed Forces were integrated
In 1948 after World War II ended
In 1948 before World War II ended
In 1955 after the Brown v. Board of Education decision
In 1956 after the Montgomery Bus Boycott ended
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How did Dwight Eisenhower help African Americans in the fight for equal rights?
He was the Supreme Court judge who made the decision to end segregation in public schools
He was the Supreme Court judge who made the decision to end segregation on Montgomery Buses
He was the president of the United States who sent federal troops to escort African American children into a Little Rock High School
Dwight Eisenhower was reluctant to help African Americans during his time as president
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What legal action made it acceptable to allow segregation in public facilities?