Civil Rights Review

_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 

• Harry Belafonte
• Barack Obama
• Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Jesse Jackson

The period of time known as the Civil Rights Era lasted from...

• 1900-1918

• 1954-1968

• 1935-1965

• 1865-1878

Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

• Ended segregation and discrimination nationwide.

• Ended integration in public schools

• Secured voting rights for African Americans

• Boycotted stores owned by Southern segregationist

A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product or use a service in hopes to have a financial impact and prompt change is known as a

• march
• boycott
• sit in
• activist

Rosa Parks

• was the secretary of the NAACP who refused to give up her seat to a white man

• was the president of the NAACP who led millions of sit-in protests

• started an all black bus company in Montegomery

• was a freedom rider who rode for integration

What is it called when a person purposely

       breaks a law that they believe is unjust and is willing to    

       accept the consequences of their actions?

• Civil Rights

• Stealing

• Civil Disobedience

• Looting

What store did the Greensboro Four stage their first sit-in in?

• A target

• A Walgreens

• A Woolsworths

• A deli

What is the name for people who protest to call attention to a cause such as civil rights

• activist
• actor
• reporter
• scholar

What Supreme Court Case created the "separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD