Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement: The 1940s and 1950s
Question 1
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Question 2
To provide legal assistance to African Americans
To challenge segregation using nonviolent protests
To lobby for the passage of civil rights legislation
To promote black nationalism and self-reliance
Question 3
All forms of racial segregation were unconstitutional
Segregation on public buses was unconstitutional
The 'separate but equal' doctrine was acceptable in public education
Racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
Question 4
It desegregated the military
It declared that all public facilities must be desegregated
It established the Fair Employment Practices Committee
It outlawed discrimination in the housing market
Question 5
The integration of Central High School in Little Rock
The founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama
The Greensboro sit-ins
Question 6
Martin Luther King Jr.
Roy Wilkins
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
Question 7
Marked the emergence of Martin Luther King Jr. as a national civil rights leader
Led to the desegregation of buses nationwide
Was the first successful use of nonviolent protest in the civil rights movement
Resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Question 8
To challenge segregation laws in the southern states through lawsuits
To defend African Americans who were wrongly accused of crimes
To promote voter registration among African Americans in the South
To coordinate and support nonviolent direct action against segregation
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