Civil Rights check-in

The Montgomery Bus Boycott gave African Americans the freedom to bomb city buses in order to stop discrimination.

• True
• False

Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that passive resistance would eventually win the Civil Rights Movement.

• True
• False

President John F. Kennedy eventually signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act

• True
• False

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave all African Americans the right to vote.

• True
• False

Brown vs. Board of Education

• Passed in 1965; banned literacy tests as a condition for voting
• Court case that ended school segregation.
• Signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act into law.
• Laws that enacted segregation throughout the south

Jim Crow Laws

• Passed in 1964; banned poll taxes as a condition for voting.
• Laws that enacted segregation throughout the south
• Signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act into law.
• Passed in 1964; banned segregation in all public places throughout the United States.

Who is best associated with the information below?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Thurgood Marshall
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Which of the following events was a direct result of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision?

• The Civil Rights Act was passed.
• The end of Jim Crow Laws.
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott began.
• Schools became integrated.

What does the picture of the March on Washington below represent?

• A demand for improved social and economic opportunities for African Americans.
• A silent protest on the nation’s capital.
• A boycott of all segregated public facilities.
• A fight for school and bus segregation.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended a series of laws in the south known as:

• Literacy tests
• Poll taxes
• Jim Crow Laws
• Black Codes