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Civil Rights
VUS.14a,14b
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Plessy v. Ferguson say? | 1) “Separate but equal” facilities were constitutional 2) Racial segregation was legal |
| What precedent was set by Plessy v. Ferguson? | Southern states could segregate public facilities. |
| What was another term for segregation laws? | Jim Crow laws |
| What two things did the NAACP work for? | 1) End legal segregation in the South 2) Gain the right to vote for Southern blacks |
| Who was an early leader of the NAACP? | W.E.B. DuBois |
| What Supreme Court decision set forth the “separate but equal” doctrine? | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| What was the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka? | Supreme Court declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. |
| What was the constitutional basis of the Brown decision? | Racial segregation violated the “equal protection” clause of the 14th Amendment. |
| What Supreme Court decision declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional? | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka |
| Who served as chief counsel for the NAACP legal Defense Fund at the time of the Brown decision? | Thurgood Marshall |
| Who was the most famous civil rights lawyer in Virginia? (He worked on the Prince Edward County school case.) | Oliver Hill |
| Identify Massive Resistance. | Virginia’s attempt to avoid obeying the Brown desegregation decision |
| What is the official name of the Virginia state legislature? | Virginia General Assembly |
| What did the Brown decision show about the Supreme Court’s powers? | By interpreting its powers broadly, the Supreme Court could reshape American society. |
| What event made Rosa Parks famous? | Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| What was the goal of the 1963 March on Washington? | Gain passage of major civil rights laws by Congress |
| Who gave the “I have a dream” speech at the March on Washington? | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| For what method of protest was Dr. King known? | Non-violent, mass protest |
| What president did the most for civil rights for African-Americans? (1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act) | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Identify the 1964 Civil Rights Act. | 1) Outlawed racial, religious, and sex discrimination in public places and by employers 2) Gave the federal government more power to enforce all civil rights laws |
| Give 4 examples of public places covered by the 1964 Civil Rights Act. | 1) Motels 2) Hotels 3) Restaurants 4) Parks |
| Identify the 1965 Voting Rights Act (also called the 1965 Civil Rights Act). | 1) Outlawed literacy tests as a voting requirement 2) Sent federal registrars to the South to register black voters |
| What was a literacy test? | Person had to prove he could read and write in order to vote |
| Why did the Southern states require literacy tests? | To keep African-Americans from voting |
| What does one call the movement of whites from the city to the suburbs in order to avoid sending their children to integrated public schools? | White flight |
| What kinds of schools did Southern whites establish to avoid racial integration of public schools? | Private academies |
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