A. As you read,answer questions about important events in the civil rights movement. square 1. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 do? square 3. In what three ways did World War II help set the stage for the modern civil rights movement? a. b. C. 4. Who argued Brown's case? 5. What did the Brown ruling declare? 6. Why did the Court rule as it did in Brown? 7. What organization was formed to support Rosa Parks? 8. What did it do? 1875 Civil Rights Act is passed. 1883 Supremo Court rules 1875 Civil Rights Act unconstitutional. 1896 Plessyv. Ferguson 1945 World War II ends. 1946 Morgan v. Virginia outlaws mandatory segregation on interstate buses. 7950 Sweatv. Painter declares that state law schools must admit black applicants. 1954 Brownv. Board of Education 1955 Supreme Court orders school desegregation. Emmett Till is murdered. Rosa Parks is arrested. 1956 Supreme Court out- laws bus segregation. 1957 Little Rock faces school desegregation crisis. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is formed. Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC) is 12. What did SNCC accomplish, and how? 9. How did President Eisenhower respond to the Little Rock crisis? 10. Who was the president of SCLC? 11. What was SCLC's purpose? 1960

1. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era, which guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and prohibited racial discrimination in voting.<br />2. World War II helped set the stage for the modern civil rights movement in three ways: a. It exposed the hypocrisy of fighting for freedom abroad while denying it at home. b. It led to the migration of African Americans to northern cities, increasing their political power. c. It led to the desegregation of the military.<br />3. Thurgood Marshall argued Brown's case.<br />4. The Brown ruling declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.<br />5. The Court ruled as it did in Brown because it found that segregation instilled a sense of inferiority among African American children that undermined their educational opportunities.<br />6. The organization formed to support Rosa Parks was the Montgomery Bus Boycott.<br />7. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama.<br />8. SNCC accomplished the desegregation of public facilities and the registration of African American voters through nonviolent direct action.<br />9. President Eisenhower responded to the Little Rock crisis by sending federal troops to enforce the desegregation of Central High School.<br />10. The president of SCLC was Martin Luther King Jr.<br />11. SCLC's purpose was to coordinate and support nonviolent direct action campaigns against segregation and discrimination.