Question

question 8 of 10
which was one major achievement of the civil rights movement during the
1940s or 1950s?

a. the delivery of the emancipation proclamation

b. the brown v. board of education ruling

c. the signing of the no child left behind act

d. the passing of the fourteenth amendment

Explanation:

• Option A: The Emancipation Proclamation was delivered in 1863, not the 1940s - 1950s.
• Option B: Brown v. Board of Education was a 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, a major civil rights achievement in the 1950s.
• Option C: The No Child Left Behind Act was signed in 2001, outside the 1940s - 1950s.
• Option D: The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868, not in the 1940s - 1950s.

Answer:

B. The Brown v. Board of Education ruling