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What were the laws designed to keep white people and black people apart called?
Segregation Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Seperation Laws
Separate but Equal Laws
What is the keeping of white and black people separate called?
Segregation
Seperation
Keeping Apart
Division
Which of the following were examples of places that were segregated during the Civil Rights Movement?
Busses
Restrooms/Water Fountains
Houses
All of the above
Which court case involved the protest of a man named Oliver Brown for his daughter, Linda Brown, to be able to attend a white school that was much closer to her house than the black school?
Brown V. Mississippi
Brown V. BOE
Brown V. All Schools
Brown V. the South
Who was Linda Brown's lawyer?
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Eleanor Roosevelt
Thurgood Marshall
In Brown V. BOE, what did the court rule about school segregation?
That it was alright as long as the facilities were equal.
That it was unconstitutional.
That it was wrong, but you could still do it if you wanted.
That it was perfectly fine.
Which important Civil Rights figure refused to give up his/her spot on the bus after a long day of work?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
After Rosa Parks was arrested, who led the protest to boycott busses called the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr. believed that African Americans could gain their rights by protesting against unfair laws in what way?
Violently
By fighting
With a Civil War
Peacefully
What was the 1963 march led by Martin Luther King Jr. in which more than 250,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. called?
March on DC
March on Washington
Marching Orders
Trail through Washington
What is the name of MLK's most famous speech?
I Can See it Now
I Have a Plan
I Have a Dream
Dreams
Which law banned discrimination of any American because of their race, religion, or color?
The Civil Disobedience Act
The Civil Rights Act
Rights Law
Right to be Civil Act
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