Test Review What 1896 Supreme Court decision made segregation legal and established the principle of “separate but equal?” Plessy v. Ferguson

State statutes that reinforced segregated facilities for whites and blacks. JIM CROW LAWS

It provided for a civil rights commission to make sure that voting rights were being upheld. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957

The group that headed up the Montgomery bus boycott. MONTGOMERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

The black students who were the first to enter Little Rock’s Central High School. LITTLE ROCK NINE

It set the precedent that “separate but equal” facilities were constitutional. PLESSY V. FERGUSON

The organization that fought for desegregation of the schools before the U.S. Supreme Court. NAACP

This decision declared that in the field of public education, the doctrine of “separate but equal” had no place. BROWN V. BOARD

The Arkansas governor who called out the national guard to prevent violence in Little Rock. ORVAL FAUBUS

This decision declared that desegregation of schools must be carried out immediately (“with all deliberate speed”) BROWN II

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Test Review Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned by… Brown v. Board of Education

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She was the “little lady who started the civil rights movement” by refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus. ROSA PARKS

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Test Review One week, one month, one year…how long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last? One year

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Test Review Rosa Parks’ actions and the resulting bus boycott took place in what city? Montgomery, Alabama

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Test Review What governor tried to prevent black students from entering Central High School? Orval Faubus

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Test Review The above event took place in which city? Little Rock

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Test Review What did President Eisenhower do in response to Faubus’ refusal to let in the “Little Rock Nine”? Sent federal troops

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Test Review What was the nickname given to the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee? “Snick”

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Test Review During what event(s) did SNCC first make itself known? Sit-in (Greensboro)

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Test Review Who was “Bull” Connor? Police commissioner of Birmingham?

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Test Review What was one tactic that police used to stop demonstrators in Birmingham? Fire hoses, police dogs…

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Test Review At what event did MLK deliver his “I have a dream” speech? March on Washington

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Test Review What was the Freedom Summer? Northern college students traveling south to register blacks to vote

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Test Review Who were the “Big Three” of the Civil Rights movement? Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael

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Test Review Which of the 3 called for “Black Separatism”? Malcolm X

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Test Review Which of the 3 called for “Black Power?” Stokely Carmichael

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Test Review Martin Luther King called for… Non-Violent Resistance

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Test Review From which Indian nationalist leader and which founder of Christianity did King get his philosophical ideas? Ghandi; Jesus

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Test Review Malcolm X converted to which religion while in prison? Nation of Islam

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Test Review What happened in the Watts district of Los Angeles in 1965? Rioting broke out

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Test Review The major Civil Rights bill passed during the 1960s was… The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Test Review Who was James Earl Ray? Assassin of MLK, Jr.

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Test Review James Meredith was the first black to enter the University of… Mississippi

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Test Review The Greensboro Sit-In movement began at which store? Woolworth’s

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Test Review What is the name of the policy which seeks to positively make- up for years of past discrimination against minorities? Affirmative Action

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Test Review What did the 24th Amendment to the Constitution do away with? Poll taxes

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Test Review Who was Ross Barnett? Governor of Mississippi