The Civil Rights Movement Begins - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

Why did Eisenhower send federal troops to Central High School in Arkansas?

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B: to assist local police who were struggling to contain an angry white mob

Question 2

Who called for “massive resistance” by southern politicians to the Brown decision?

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C: Harry Byrd

Question 3

What was the NAACP’s goal in filing the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit?

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D: to end segregation in public education

Question 4

Brown v. Board of Education was argued before the Supreme Court by

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B: Thurgood Marshall.

Question 5

What main tactic did the NAACP use to fight for African American equality?

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C: arguing legal cases in court

Question 6

What was the NAACP’s goal in filing the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit?

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B: to end segregation in public education

Question 7

In his arguments in Brown v. Board of Education , the lawyer for Oliver and Linda Brown claimed that “separate but equal” public schools were

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C: separate but not truly equal.

Question 8

What was the purpose of the Southern Manifesto?

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B: To condemn the  Brown  decision and declare an intention of Southern governments to oppose integration

Question 9

What was the difference between the Supreme Court decisions in Sweatt v . Painter and Brown v. Board of Education ?

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A: Sweatt  struck down “separate but equal” graduate and professional schools.  Brown  struck down “separate but equal” public schools.

Question 10

Which of these Supreme Court decisions forced the University of Texas to admit an African American student to its law school?

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C: Sweatt v. Painter

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