Civil Rights

Plessy v. Ferguson established that...

• segregation was unconstitutional

• increased minority voting rights

• "separate-but-equal" was constitutional

• prohibited discrimination in the work place

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) was important to the Civil Rights Movement because it...

• stated that segregation was legal

• ended legal segregation

• made poll taxes legal

• made literacy tests legal

Which of the following best reflects the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• prohibited segregation and discrimination in public states

• effort to support women's right to vote

• attempted to maintain the status quo

• provide education funding for students

Use of force and violence to protest and protect is to the Black Panthers As supported civil disobedience is to ____________

• March on Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Location of protest to desegregate schools is to Little Rock, Arkansas As location of protest of segregation is to the _____

• March on Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

In Brown v. Board of Education, schools were required to desegregate. This ruling was achieved -

• because of the work of Huey Newton and the Black Panthers

• by numerous peaceful protests led by Martin Luther King Jr.

• when Governor Orval Faubus refused to open public schools until integration was achieved

• by the legal work of Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP

Little Rock, Arkansas was the location of a protest over the issue of -

• the desegregation of schools

• U.S. involvement in the Korean War

• the use of nuclear weapons to subdue enemies of the United States

• voting rights for women

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?

• It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites

• It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes

• It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns.

• It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.

Executive

Order 9981 (below) was issued by President Harry Truman in 1948.

It

is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be

equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services

without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin.

What was the immediate impact of Executive Order 9981?

• The

  armed forces of the United States were desegregated

• Free

  education was promised to veterans who had served in World War II

• Southern

  members of the Democratic Party left and formed a new political party

• Equal

  opportunity in education was established to promote advances in science

  and mathematics

What

strategy did both Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez use to achieve

social change?

• Organized

  labor unions

• Started

  riots

• Created

  militant demonstrations

• Led

  nonviolent boycotts