Question 2
What did the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson make it legal for states to do?

A
ban civil rights protests

B
require literacy tests for voting

C
enforce different laws for minority groups

D
maintain separate facilities for blacks and whites


Question 3
True or False: The Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that segregated schools can never be equal because segregation places African American students in a position that is naturally inferior to whites.

A
True

B
False

Question 4
Why did President Dwight D. Eisenhower use federal troops to protect African Americans in Little Rock, Arkansas?


A
to help register minority voters

B
to support a bus boycott

C
to support students attending a previously segregated school

D
to help desegregate lunch counters

Question 5
Which of the following was part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Select all that apply.

A
outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, religion, sex, and national origin

B
barred segregation in restaurants, hotels, and other businesses

C
made discrimination in libraries, schools, and other public places illegal

D
outlawed the requirement that citizens must pay poll taxes in order to vote