Civil Rights Movement PM

1.

1 point

What was the strategy of Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall when they challenged segregation in schools?

They lobbied lawmakers to draft legislation to end segregation in schools.

They argued that accommodations were not equal and violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

They staged protests to fight for civil rights.

2.

1 point

What did the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education determine?

It declared that students were entitled to a free public education.

It declared that racial segregation in schools violated the 14th Amendment.

It declared the racial discrimination was unconstitutional in school board elections.

3.

1 point

What was the underground railroad?

It was a system established in the south the buy and sell slaves.

It was the first subway system that transported freed slaves north.

It was a secret network for helping slaves escape from servitude in the years before the Civil War.

4.

1 point

What was the cultural movement called that lasted from the 1910s-1930s and centered around the Harlem neighborhood in New York City?

Harlem Nights

Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Movement

5.

1 point

What did the Civl Rights Act of 1964 do?

It prevented any other legislation from being created that addresses discrimination in the laws.

It set standards for desegregation.

It ended segregation and discrimination based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religious affiliation, or gender in public accommodations and the workforce.

6.

1 point

Which constitutional amendment protects against discrimination in a person's right to vote?

14th Amendment

13th Amendment

15th Amendment

7.

1 point

Which of the following was the name given to African American students that had to be escorted to class by the U.S. military to ensure their safety after being integrated into the school system?

Sit-In Movement

Freedom Ride

March on Washington

Little Rock Nine

8.

1 point

What were the Jim Crow laws?

They established comprehensive racial segregation throughout the south.

Named after the defense attorney, these laws protected the rights of individuals that face discrimination in society.

They were laws to prevent other tragic events life the murder of Jim Crow.

9.

1 point

What was the name of the U.S. Supreme Court case that created the "separate but equal" clause and provided a legal basis for segregation?

Plessy v. Ferguson

Williams v. Mississippi

Gideon v. Wainwright

10.

1 point

Which constitutional amendment provides for equal protection under the law?

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

11.

1 point

What was the main strategy of the NAACP?

Violent opposition to unjust laws.

To challenge unjust laws in the courts.

Nonviolent direct action through civil disobedience.

12.

1 point

Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery?

15th Amendment

14th Amendment

13th Amendment

13.

1 point

What did the U.S. Supreme Court determine in the Dred Scott decision?

It gave slaves the right to sue their captures.

It determined that slaves were considered property and not entitled to any rights.

It provided freedom to those slaves that were able to escape to to the north.

14.

1 point

Which president signed executive order 9981, which desegregated the armed forces?

Roosevelt

Truman

Eisenhower

15.

1 point

Which of the following was one of the largest rallies in American history and called for civil and economic rights for all people>

March on Washington

Little Rock Nine

Sit-In Movement

Freedom Ride

16.

1 point

What was the first state to abolish slavery?

New York

Pennsylvania

Vermont

17.

1 point

What was the problem with the U.S. Supreme Court language stating that schools should integrate "with all deliberate speed" in the Brown II decision?

It does not specify which schools were in violation of the law.

It does not specify a timeline for completion.

It does not specify which states need to integrate.

18.

1 point

Which of the following was a group of interracial demonstrators that boarded buses in Washington D.C. and traveled to the deep south?

Little Rock Nine

Sit-In Movement

March on Washington

Freedom Ride

19.

1 point

Which of the following were demonstrations where mainly students sat at all-white lunch counters to protest segregation laws?

March on Washington

Sit-In Movement

Freedom Ride

Little Rock Nine

20.

1 point

What was the same strategy of CORE and SCLC?

Nonviolent direct action through civil disobedience.

Violent opposition to unjust laws.

To challenge unjust laws in the courts.