The Civil Rights Movement Quiz

In September 1957, the governor of Arkansas publicly showed his contempt for integration when he ordered

• The Arkansas Supreme Court to overturn the integration decision of the United States Supreme Court
• The schools of Little Rock to close down for a few weeks to keep the peace
• The National Guard to escort the “Little Rock Nine” into Central High School
• The National Guard to turn away nine African American students at Central High School

Martin Luther King Jr. led civil rights protests that

• Focused entirely on equal access to jobs and equal pay
• Mostly targeted racial discrimination in Northern cities
• Used non-violence as their central approach
• Stressed the importance of the separation of races

The 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ruled that

• African Americans could not be denied college enrollment based on race
• School segregation was unconstitutional in the United States
• Desegregation was unlawful in South Carolina
• Local courts could decide on school segregation laws

How did Southerners react to the 1954 Brown v Board of Education ruling?

• Many Southern states ignored the ruling and kept schools segregated
• All Southern states followed the ruling and begin to desegregate schools
• Southern schools choose not to desegregate but the governor forced them to
• Southern schools choose not to desegregate but white parents in the school districts demand that the schools desegregate

Ultimately, the bus boycott staged by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama failed to desegregate public transportation.

• True
• False