Civil Rights Movement

Emmett Till was beaten beyond recognition and killed for allegedly doing what?

• Stealing a Coca-Cola

• Beating a white man

• Whistling at a white woman

• Moving to Mississippi

What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?

• Spoke out on the news

• Testified in court

• Had an open casket funeral

• Marched in Mississippi

The Brown vs Board decision reversed which of the following earlier decisions?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

The sit-in movement…

• Was the first time that only liberal white Americans had supported the civil rights movement

• Was primarily an effort by African American college students to end racial discrimination

• Focused attention on the deep racial and social discrimination that existed in the North

• Turned violent and undermined the effort to end racial discrimination in the United States

How did Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus respond to the effort of the nine African Americans to attend Little Rock High School in 1957?

• He urged the school to treat the students fairly.

• He asked the president to intervene and block the school’s integration.

• He called out the National Guard to block the students.

• He called out the police to arrest white nationalists.

What action did President Eisenhower take to bring about school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas?

• He urged Congress to pass civil rights legislation.

• He issued an executive order mandating integration.

• He placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal command to carry out the desegregation plan

• He began impeachment proceedings against Governor Orval Faubus.

7. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech…

• A. During the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

• B. After 4 girls were killed in a church in Birmingham

• C. To encourage Johnson to sign a civil rights bill

• D. While he was imprisoned

The civil rights movement’s Freedom Summer and Selma March…

• Brought attention to the black-power movement

• Illustrated the lack of African-American voting rights

• Led to the creation of the Southern Manifesto

• Led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964…

• Made it legal to segregate

• Made de facto segregation illegal

• Outlawed racial discrimination in all places of public accommodation

• Ended segregation in private schools

The Voting Rights Act provided for…

• Federal supervision of registration in certain southern states and counties

• A poll tax to pay for civil rights education

• The registration of all white southern voters

• A literacy requirement for voting