1. In response to riots over desegregation at the University of Mississippi, President Kennedy declared that (1 point)
Americans were free to disagree with the law but not to disobey it.
Americans were free to disobey “bad laws.”
African Americans were free to disagree with laws passed by elected representatives.
African Americans had to accept segregation.

2. How did T. Eugene Connor react to civil rights marchers in Birmingham, Alabama? (1 point)
He met publicly with civil rights leaders.
He proposed a law to end segregation in Alabama.
He brought in the National Guard.
He ordered the use of police dogs and fire hoses against the marchers.
Use the list and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

3. In what way did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affect employment in the United States? (1 point)
It gave employers the right to discriminate against people based on race.
It gave employees the right to organize unions.
It outlawed job discrimination and created the EEOC to investigate charges of job discrimination.
It gave the federal government the right to segregate public schools.

4. Which of the following events in the civil rights movement preceded the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (1 point)
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Alabama.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the march on Washington.
all of the above

5. What was the purpose of the march on Washington in August of 1963? (1 point)
to protest Brown v. Board of Education
to push for the passage of the Civil Rights Act
to get Martin Luther King, Jr. released from prison in Birmingham.
to draw attention to the lynching of young African American men.

He followed that remark by adding, "In a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob, however unruly or boisterous, is entitled to defy a court of law. If this country should ever reach the point where any man or group of men by force or threat of force could long defy the commands of our court and our Constitution, then no law would stand free from doubt, no judge would be sure of his writ, and no citizen would be safe from his neighbors." (Speech on radio and television, Sep. 30, 1962.)

2. T. Eugene Connor reacted to civil rights marchers in Birmingham, Alabama by ordering the use of police dogs and fire hoses against the marchers.

"Bull" Conner, as he was known, was the Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham.

3. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed job discrimination and created the EEOC to investigate charges of job discrimination.

The EEOC stands for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. There were a number of other facets of the Civil Rights Act, addressing such things as voting rights, desegregation of public facilities, and more. In terms of employment, the act laid down clear guidelines, saying things like, "It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; or to limit, segregate, or classify his employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."

4. All of the above. The Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools in the case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Rosa Parks' action in December, 1955 began the Montgomery bus boycott. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech during the March on Washington in August, 1963.

5. The March on Washington in 1963 pushed for the passage of the Civil Rights Act, which was passed in 1964.

The full name of the event, held on August 28, 1963, was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, focused on gaining equal economic and civil rights for African American citizens of the United States.