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Civil Rights Movement Test

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5 Matching Questions

  1. Jo Ann Robinson
  2. Thurgood Marshall
  3. Arkansas National Guard
  4. MIA
  5. Brown V. Board of Education
  1. a The leading attorney for NAACP in 1940s and 1950s, who headed the team in Brown vs. Board of Education case; later; he was also the first black justice on the United States Supreme Court.
  2. b 1995, in Montgomery Alabama, this group was formed to help coordinate the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It was led by MLK Jr.
  3. c In May of 1954 in Topeka, Kansas, Linda wanted to go to a school closer to her home and challenged the ruling of segregation in schools. The court case found that segregation in schools to be unconstitutional; it reversed Plessy V. Ferguson and gave equal access to blacks and whites in schools.
  4. d sent by governor Faubus to keep little rock nine OUT of Central High
  5. e Civil rights advocate in Montgomery; WPC president; organized a city wide boycott of buses

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Hosea Williams, John Lewis, and marchers
  2. Leader of Selma to Montgomery march with John Lewis.
  3. John Lewis
  4. One of the Little Rock Nine, who is known for a picture of her walking in the face of a mob.
  5. One of the original four who took part in the Woolworth sit-ins

5 True/False Questions

  1. Clarence "Curly" HarrisThe white manager of Woolworth's

          

  2. 101st Airbornemilitary division sent to Little Rock to prevent violence.

          

  3. LynchingStudent Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, college kids participating in Civil Rights, stage sit-ins and such

          

  4. SCLCStudent Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, college kids participating in Civil Rights, stage sit-ins and such

          

  5. Greensboro FourFour African American students who held a "sit in" at an all white lunch counter in Woolworth's; in Greensboro, North Carolina.