Civil Rights

Front

What was the major goal of the 1960 Civil rights movement?

Back

End segregation based on race.

Front

Martin Luther King, Jr. urged his followers to use this method to achieve justice.

Back

Passive Resistance

Front

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed to correct-
Options: unfair immigration laws, racial discrimination, limits on freedom of speech, segregation in the military

Back

racial discrimination

Front

Passage of the Voting Right Act of 1965 was intended to-

Back

remove racial barriers to voting

Front

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), what did the Supreme Court rule?

Back

Racial segregation is constitutional.

Front

In 1954, the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education-

Back

banned segregation in public schools

Front

The proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was an effort to improve the lives of- African Americans, Native Americans, Migrant workers, Women

Back

Women

Front

Lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides are examples of-

Back

nonviolent attempts to oppose segregation

Front

Which doctrine was overturned by the Supreme Court in Brown v Board of Education?

Back

"Separate but equal" education

Front

"We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place" This quotation is from the Supreme Court decision in-

Back

Brown v. Board of Education