Black History Month Round 2

What was the first major civil rights event Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led?

• March on Washington

• March from Selma to Montgomery

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Sit-ins around the South

Why did Thurgood Marshall not attend the University of Maryland for law school?

• He was not smart enough

• He did not have enough money to pay for the tuition

• He was African American

• He was too old

Which abolitionist gave the famous speech, "Ain't I a woman?"

• Ruby Bridges

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

• Sojourner Truth

What year did Ruby Bridges start at the all-white school?

• 1954

• 1959

• 1960

• 1964

Which Supreme Court case upheld that separate but equal facilities were legal?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Bailey v. Patterson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

Which famous person rode on the first desegregated bus?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

• Barack Obama

What happened because of redlining?

• People were not able to pay back their loans.

• The government made the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• Banks charged fees to people who had loans.

• Some groups of people could not borrow money for a house.

Why did so many African Americans settle in Tulsa, Oklahoma Greenwood district in the early 1900s?

• Word began to spread about opportunities for Black people in Greenwood.

• Gurley purchased 40 acres of land in Tulsa.

• The largest number of Black townships after the Civil War were located in Oklahoma.

• Greenwood was founded in 1906.

in 1957, the Little Rock Nine attempted to attend Central High School. The following year, what did the Governor of Arkansas do in Little Rock?

• led the March on Washington

• testified during the Brown v. Board of Education case

• allowed all students to attend, regardless of race

• closed all of the High Schools

What was the main goal of the Birmingham, Alabama Children's Crusade?

• to speak with the mayor about segregation, unfair laws, and hatred

• to skip class

• to protect their parents from losing their jobs

• to march on Washington