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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. HR

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

14. 1B

15. 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

16. 2B

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

18. 1B

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

20. HR

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

22. 1B

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

24. 2B

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

26. 1B

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

28. 3B

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

30. 2B

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

32. 1B

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

34. 3B

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

36. 1B

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

38. HR

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

40. 1B

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

42. 1B

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

44. 2B

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

46. 1B

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

48. 3B

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

50. HR

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

52. 2B

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

54. 1B

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

56. 1B

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

58. 3B

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

60. 1B

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

62. 3B

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

64. HR

65. Test Review Who was Ross Barnett? Governor of Mississippi