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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAfter WWII, the ____________, were used to legalize segregation in the South.Emancipation ProclamationThe 14th AmendmentJim Crow LawsFreedmen's Bureau
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAfrican Americans wanted segregation to end, so they started non-violent, peaceful protests which was the start of _________.End Segregation MovementCivil Rights MovementMalcolm X MovementDr. Martin L. King, Jr. Movement
- 3. Multiple Choice_________, an African American lawyer was approached by the NAACP to argue this famous case in hopes of ending segregation in the public schools.Malcolm X; Little Rock 9Thurgood Marshall; Brown vs BOEDr. Martin L. King; Brown vs BOEThurgood Marshall; Little Rock 9
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThis woman was responsible for the boycott of all public buses during the Civil Rights Movement.Sheyenne WestRuby BridgesLaura BrownRosa Parks
- 5. Multiple ChoiceDr. King believed in using peaceful demonstrations to get the government to listen to the demands of the Civil Rights Movement. He was influence by this person....Malcolm XBuddahMahatma GhandiMartin L. King Sr.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIn 1963, more than 200,000 civil rights supporters marched in the Nation's capital in hopes of earning the civil freedoms afforded to white Americans. This _______________ ended with Dr. King giving his _____________ speechMarch from Selma to Montgomery; Letter from BirminghamMarch on Washington; Letter from BirminghamMarch from Selma to Montgomery; I Have a Dream SpeechMarch on Washington; I Have a Dream Speech
- 7. Multiple Choice_______________ movements believed it was okay to use violence to get the government to listen to the demand of African Americans.peacefulmaliciousmilitantanarchist
- 8. Multiple Choice
New laws that required all public facilities to be integrated and prohibited discrimination in business and labor unions.
Voting Rights Act
Albany Movement
1946 Governor's Race
Civil Rights Act
- 9. Multiple Choice
The 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v Ferguson resulted in
literacy test for blacks throughout the deep south
equal protection for all citizens regardless of race or sex
schools integration to occur with all deliberate speed
racial segregation in the south
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIn the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled thatprivate schools should be controlled by the federal governmentissues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.racially segregated public schools are unconstitutionalthe "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
- 11. Multiple Choice
ruled that segregation was illegal and overturned Plessy v Furgeson's "seperate but equal"
SNCC
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
Brown v Board of Education
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe main goal of the freedom riders was topressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate busesinspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crowencourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agendadesegregate urban bus systems in the south
- 13. Multiple ChoiceMartin Luther King first emerged as the leader of the civil rights movement when hechallenged the authority of Orval Faubus in Little Rock, Arkansasled the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabamaled the protest march in Birmingham, Alabamagave his "I have a Dream Speech" in Washington D.C.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by PresidentEisenhowerKennedyJohnsonNixon
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?houseschurchesprivate universitiespublic accomodations
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officers to do?register votersoversee the collection of poll taxesoversee programs to test voter literacyrecount votes
- 17. Multiple Choice
The first organized protest by African Americans during the modern Civil Rights Movement was ______.
the "Little Rock 9"
the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott
the mass march on Washington, D.C.
the Selma, Alabama, voting rights campaign
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following events marked the beginning of the decline of the Civil Rights movement?the conversion of Malcolm X to orthodox Islamthe drifting apart of SNCC and SCLCthe assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.the assassination of Robert Kennedy
- 19. Multiple ChoiceCause: __________.
Effect: the Twenty-Fourth amendment was passed.Most southern schools remained segregatedPoll taxes used to keep many African Americans from votingNo black delegates were seated in the Democratic National Convention in 1964Urban riots spread nationwide - 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich lawyer worked with the NAACP on the Brown v. Board of Education case?Rosa ParksJames FarmerJackie RobinsonThurgood Marshall
- 21. Multiple Choice
People who protest to call attention to a cause, like civil rights
prejudice
activist
optimist
Entrepreneur
- 22. Multiple ChoiceKeeping things or people separateintegrationdiscriminationDISTRACTION!segregation
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhen one group is treated differently than another groupsegregationintegrationdeterminationdiscrimination
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social changenonvioletnonviolinnonviolencenonviola
- 25. Multiple ChoiceBringing separate groups togetherintegrationLooking at this will slow you downdiscriminationsegregation
- 26. Multiple Choice
Discrimination by law. Example "Jim crow laws"
de facto
de jure
de nada
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- 27. Multiple Choice
Discrimination by custom or culture
de jure
de facto
de nada
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- 28. Multiple Choice
This break in the movement encouraged African Americans to be self reliant and called for radical revolution instead of peaceful protests
Civil Rights Movement
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black Power Movement
Sit-in Movement
- 29. Multiple Choice
An African American group by the black power movement that used more aggressive means to accomplish its goals during the Civil Rights Movement
Black Tigers
Black Panthers
Black Snakes
Black Bears
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