US History | Civil Rights

Which is True?

• Plessy vs. Ferguson was overturned by the Brown vs. the Board decision

• Brown vs. Board of Education was overturned by Plessy vs Ferguson

• The Supreme Court ruled the same way in both decision

• The Supreme Court left it up to the states to decide on those issues

Despite resistance in the south, pubilc schools and universities were gradually desegregated because of...

• Brown v. Board

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Rosa Parks

• The Freedom Rides

Malcom X...

• led the Freedom Rides

• led the NAACP

• promoted militant methods

• promoted non-violent disobedience

Who challenged the federal government's authority to desegregate schools?

• Governor Orval Faubus

• Bull Conner

• Martin Luther King

• John F. Kennedy

Martin Luther King...

• led the Freedom Rides

• led the NAACP

• promoted militant methods

• promoted non-violent disobedience

poll taxes and literacy tests...

• prevented many blacks from voting

• prevented many blacks access to transportation

• prevented blacks from attending college

• barred blacks from restaurants and bars

Rosa Parks

• Sparked the Montgomery Buss Boycotts

• Led the Montgomery Bus Boycotts

• Led the Freedom Rides

• desegregated Little Rock High School

Martin Luther King

• Sparked the Montgomery Buss Boycotts

• Led the Montgomery Bus Boycotts

• Led the Freedom Rides

• desegregated Little Rock High School

9 black students

• Sparked the Montgomery Buss Boycotts

• Led the Montgomery Bus Boycotts

• Led the Freedom Rides

• desegregated Little Rock High School

Civil Rights Acts were passed in (2 Choices)

• 1964

• 1965

• 1968

• 1969