Civil Rights Movement

Who were the Dixiecrats?

• The KKK

• Southern Democrats against desegregation

• Members of the White Citizens Council

In what year did Brown v. Board of Education Topeka order the desegregation of public schools?

• 1945

• 1950

• 1968

• 1954

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

• "Separate but equal"
• "Give me liberty or give me death."
• "May the force be with you."
• "I'll be back."

What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?

• Worcester v. Georgia
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade
• Marbury v. Madison

Brown v. Board specifically ordered the integration of

• Public schools
• Buses
• The military
• Fire departments

Supreme Court case where the court ruled that racial segregation of schools violated the Constitution, segregated schools were unequal.

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Desegregation
• Lau v. Nichols
• Civil Rights Act

Where was Emmett Till born?

• Richmond

• Chicago

• New York

Which of the following is true about Emmett Till's murder? 

• The crime was never solved. 
• It took place in Michigan. 
• It was the catalyst of the Civil Rights Movement. 
• it took place in 1975.

First African American to attend Ole Miss

• James Meredith

• Medgar Evers

• Ruby Bridges

• Malcolm X

Jewish college student from New York who was murdering for registering black voters

• John F. Kennedy

• James Chaney

• Rosa Parks

• Michael Schwerner