Chapter 23 Review US Civil Rights Movement

The single largest Civil Rights protest in American history was called what? The March on Washington

What was the name of the constitutional amendment designed to protect the rights of women and minorities (which ultimate did not pass)? The Equal Rights Amendment (the ERA)

In which US city was Martin Luther King Jr arrested where he wrote his famous letter from jail? Birmingham, Alabama

What did we call the practice of keeping people of different races separate in our society? segregation

What do we call the practice of trying to bring people of different races together? Integration

Who was the first woman chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court? Susie Marshall Sharp

Rosa Park’s arrest led to which major Civil Rights action in the late 1950s? Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott

Just three months after the historic March on Washington, what serious national tragedy happened in the US? President John F Kennedy was assassinated

Which US Supreme court decision confirmed Jim Crow laws and declared that “separate, but equal” segregation of minorities was constitutional? Plessy v Ferguson

What name was given to the sit-in a the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, NC which gained national attention? Greensboro Coffee Party

Who was the NAACP leader that staged a personal protest which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Rosa Parks

Forced movement of students from one school district to the other to achieve racial integration was called what? Busing

Judge James B McMillan told what US city to use forced busing of students from one school district to another to integrate the schools? Charlotte, NC

In 1974, just before Mr Palmer graduated from high school, the Supreme Court ruled that what must be provided to students who do not speak English in our public schools? Bilingual Education

Who was t he NAACP lawyer which led the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka case? Thurgood Marshall

In what US capital city did armed resistance to school desegregation happen? Little Rock, Arkansas

The year after John F Kennedy was killed, the new president, Lyndon Johnson worked with congress to pass what sweeping civil rights law? Civil Rights Act of 1964

Protests where African Americans would purposefully and peacefully go into places that were designated as “whites only” were known as what? Sit-ins

Who became president after John F Kennedy was assassinated? Lyndon Johnson

What was the name of the 1954 Supreme Court decision which ended segregation, or “separate, but equal,” in our public schools? Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka

The voter registration drive for Southern blacks in 1964 was known as The Freedom Summer

What organization sprang from the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Southern Christian Leadership Conference

In 1965, Congress passed what sweeping civil rights legislation designed to make sure African Americans we able to fully participate in our elections? Voting Rights Act

Which organized group used beatings, arson, and murder to threaten African Americans who pursued civil rights? Ku Klux Klan

What does NAACP stand for? National Association for the Advancement of Colored People