APUSH Social Movements

What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• African-Americans began playing profession sports
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
• MLK led a March on Washington

Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and....

• Assassinating JFK
• Organizing the March on Washington
• Winning the Brown v. the Board of Education case
• Giving African-Americans the right to vote

This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private places.

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Korematsu vs. United States

Which of the following best describes the reason why the Montgomery Bus Boycott ended?

• Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting

• Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting and federal court orders

• African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating

• White segregationists complied with federal court orders

What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?

• He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.

• He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.

• He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.

• He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.

What was the supreme court case that made segregation during interstate travel on buses illegal?

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Morgan vs. Virginia

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Browder v. Gayle

The main goal of the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 was to

• encourage the Supreme Court to make a decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

• pressure the president to introduce a civil rights bill to Congress.

• force the president to introduce a voting rights bill to Congress.

• convince the Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.

Cesar Chávez was a migrant farm worker who wanted to improve the lives of other migrant workers. Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

• Cesar Chávez married Helen Fabela and had eight children.

• Cesar Chávez was arrested for decreasing production on migrant farms.

• Grape growers in California accepted the United Farm Workers union.

• Migrant workers ignored Cesar Chávez and his attempts to help.

The goals of the Chicano Movement included all of the following EXCEPT

• better education

• voting rights

• right to unionize

• reclaim lost land

What form of protest did students take in Los Angeles in the late 1960s to fight against prejudices that existed in the public schools there?

• They started riots because of their anger over the poor treatment of Latino Americans in schools.
• They refused to try on any school work or tests if things did not change.
• They walked out of class in order to show solidarity and send a message that things needed to change. 
• They started a petition drive around their neighborhoods urging the government to change the school situation.