1.) a major catalyst to the civil rights act of 1964 was: a) the supreme court decision of brown vs the board of education b) the arrest of rosa parks and the montgomery bus boycott c) sit-ins at segregated lunch counters across the south d) all of the above 2.) brown vs the board of education overturned which prior supreme court case? a) dred scott b) plessy vs. ferguson c) worchester vs. georgia d) roe vs. wade 3.) due to president kennedy’s assassination, it was president lyndon johnson who took up the cause to pass the civil rights legislation and put an end to the racial violence. which group of legislators tried to block the passage of the civil rights act of 1964? a) members of the georgia assembly b) southern democrats in the senate c) the supreme court justices d) none of the above