Civil Rights Movement

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Civil Rights Movement Key Domestic Changes of
the Post-WWII U.S.
Short-Answer and Multiple-Choice Review Guide
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Use the answer bank below to complete the
short-answer questions on the following slides.
Then answer the multiple-choice questions.

• Civil Rights Movement
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• segregation
• Brown v. Board of Education
• sit-ins
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• National Organization of Women (NOW)

• Freedom Riders
• ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)
• Montgomery bus boycott
• NAACP
• Booker T. Washington
• Title IX
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Rosa Parks
• women
• President Harry S Truman
• Civil Rights Act of 1964

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• Which Supreme Court case ruled that school
  segregation was illegal?
• Which Supreme Court decision did this overturn?

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• What legislation was passed in 1972 to increase
  equality for womens athletics?

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• Which law outlawed certain practices in the South
  such as poll taxes and literacy tests?

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• Which president desegregated the military?

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• What vocabulary word means, to divide groups
  based on race?

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• In 1966, which womens organization was created
  to fight for equal pay for equal work?

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• To protest segregated lunch counters, many high
  school and college students participated in
  ________.

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• What legislation outlawed the segregation of
  restaurants, hotels, and other public facilities?

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• Who refused to give up her seat to a white
  passenger and was arrested and fined? (She is
  sometimes called the Mother of the Civil Rights
  Movement.)
• What did the African American community do to
  protest the womans arrest?

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• ________________ boarded Greyhound buses to
  protest segregated travel.

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• Which amendment was designed to ban
  discrimination based on gender? (It failed to
  get enough support to pass.)

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• Which organization was formed in 1909 to advance
  the rights and equality of African Americans?
  (W.E.B. DuBois was one of the early founders of
  this organization.)

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• Which leader supported full and immediate social,
  civil, and political rights for African
  Americans?
• Which leader believed equality for African
  Americans could be achieved through vocational
  training?

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• Which civil rights leader supported non-violent
  resistance?

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During which time period did the events below
take place?
Organized protests
Marches
Freedom Riders
Sit-ins
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1. What type of civil disobedience did African
Americans use in 1961 to end segregation in the
South? A Jim Crow segregation B sit-ins C riots D
March on Washington
Adapted from Va. Dept. of Ed.
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2. What 1896 Supreme Court decision legalized Jim
Crow segregation in the South? A Plessy v
Ferguson B Gideon v Wainwright C Dred Scott v
Sanford D Brown v Board of Education
Adapted from Va. Dept. of Ed.
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3. What was the result of the Supreme Court
decision in Brown v. Board of Education? A equal
voting rights B integration of all public
facilities C desegregation of public
schools D abolition of the poll tax
Adapted from Va. Dept. of Ed.
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• The use of poll taxes to prevent African
  Americans from voting was outlawed by
• A the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
• B the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• C the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the
  United States.
• D the Patriot Act.

Adapted from Va. Dept. of Ed.
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• The National Organization for Women was created
  to
• A ensure women the right to vote.
• B ensure that mothers have access to
• affordable daycare.
• C elect more women to public office.
• D work against gender discrimination in
  employment.

Adapted from Va. Dept. of Ed.
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6. Which of the following is NOT true about women
in American society by the mid 1990s? A Most
women were paid less than men. B Women had
achieved full economic equality with
men. C Most women worked for pay outside the
home. D Women were underrepresented in the area
of elected public office.
Adapted from Va. Dept. of Ed.