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The Freedom Riders focused on —
a) segregating public schools
b) discrimination against women in the work place
c) integrating bus terminals
d) voting rights for African Americans

In conclusion of the Brown v. Board of Education court case, what did the Supreme Court declare?
a) Segregation of school children on account of race was unconstitutional.
b) A student's right to privacy did not extend to his or her school locker.
c) All school districts were entitled to equal financial support in proportion to the number of students enrolled.
d) School sponsored recitation of religious prayers was illegal.

All of the following can be identified as effects of segregation, EXCEPT ___.
a) Separate public facilities (ex. restrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants)
b) Separate educational facilities and resources for white and African American students.
c) Social isolation of races.
d) Harry S. Truman desegregated the US military after World War 2.

What is the correct sequence of these events? 1. Civil Rights Act of 1866, 2. Brown v Board of Education of Topeka Kansas, 3. Plessy v Ferguson, 4. Martin Luther's King Jr's I Have A Dream Speech
a) 1, 2, 3, 4
b) 4, 3, 1, 2
c) 2, 4, 3, 1
d) 1, 3, 2, 4

What was the purpose of the sit-ins?
a) To protest segregated lunch counters
b) To protest segregated parks
c) To protest segregated buses
d) To protest segregated restrooms

In Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court held that —
a) schools should be given equal amounts of money
b) all children should attend school
c) public schools could be segregated
d) separate but equal schools were not acceptable

One result of the Civil Rights Movement was the passage of the —
a) Lend-Lease Act
b) GI Bill of Rights Act
c) Social Security Act
d) Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which Supreme Court case in 1896 upheld the “separate but equal” law?
a) Plessy v. Ferguson
b) Brown v. the Board of Education
c) Sweatt v. Painter
d) McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

How did Rosa Parks impact the Civil Rights Movement?
a) She was one of many speakers at the March on Washington.
b) She refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.
c) She helped African Americans register to vote.
d) She took part in a sit-in at a diner in her hometown.

In 1955, how did the members of the black community of Montgomery, Alabama try to force a change in the city's practice of racial segregation?
a) March on Washington D.C.
b) Bus boycott
c) NAACP suit before the Supreme Court
d) Voter registration drives

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