Question

Pls help me! 5 questions

1. What did blacks hope to gain by boycotting the buses in Montgomery, Alabama?
They wanted to see the fares go down so they could afford to ride.
They thought they would be arrested and the publicity would help their cause.
They hoped to use economic pressure to end segregation on the buses.
They wanted the Montgomery Bus Company to begin transporting students to public schools.

2. Brown vs. Board of education was a pivotal legal decision made during the Civil Rights era. Choose the option that correctly gives the decision of the court case with the initial reaction to it by many whites in Southern communities:

Made “separate but equal” in schools legal, allowing segregation;
earned the support of many white Southerners in the 1950’s

Made “separate but equal” in schools illegal, ending Jim Crow laws;
Earned the support of many white Southerners in the 1950’s.

Made “separate but equal” in schools legal;
caused Southern white opponents to protest the end of Jim Crow laws


Made “separate but equal” in schools illegal;
caused Southern white opponents to resist the new law by stalling the integration process.

3.How did the federal government respond when the governor of Arkansas refused to allow black students to enroll in Little Rock's Central High School?

President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort and protect the students.

The federal government deferred to the rights of the state.

President Eisenhower met with the governor who then allowed the students to enroll.


The federal government reminded the governor that admission was a decision for the local school system, not the state.

4. What was one technique used by black and white activists to call attention to their demands?


beginning their own television network that promoted Civil Rights ideas


withholding rent from landlords


bus trips through the South promoting civil rights


boycotting sporting events

5. Which of the following advertisements would have been illegal after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a
b
c
d

Answer 1

Answer for 1: C. They hoped to use economic pressure to end segregation on the buses.

Answer for 2: It's either C or D. I'm going to take a guess and say that there is a typo. The answer is "Separate and unequal."

Answer for 3: A. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort and protect students.

Answer for 4: C. bus trips through the South promoting civil rights

Answer for 5: B

Answer 2

1,C
2,
Made “separate but equal” in schools illegal;
caused Southern white opponents to resist the new law by stalling the integration process.3,President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort and protect the students
4,
bus trips through the South promoting civil rights
5.