VA/US SOL 14

What was the Supreme Court case that determined that segregated schools were unequal?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board

• Engel v Vitale

• Gideon v Wainwright

Which of the following was NOT a part of Virginia's response to the Brown v Board ruling?

• White flight from urban school systems

• Establishment of private academies

• massive resistance

• Immediate integration of all public schools

What was the name of the event where MLK, Jr. gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• March on Washington

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Montgomery Bus Boycotts

Which US president played an important role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 & the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon Johnson

• Dwight Eisenhower

What organization challenged segregation in courts?

• KKK

• NAACP

• NATO

• Black Panthers

What legislation desegregated public accommodations in the US?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Brown v Board

• Civil Rights Act of 1965

What legislation outlawed literacy tests as a requirement to vote?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1965

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Brown v Board

Which legislation resulted in an increase of African American voters especially in the South?

• NAACP

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Plessy v Ferguson

Who was the leader of the NAACP's legal defense team in the Virginia case associated with Brown v Board?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Oliver HIll

• Al Sharpton

Who was the leader of the NAACP's legal defense team associated with the Brown v Board case?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Al Sharpton

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Oliver Hill