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Unit 10 - Civil Rights
Unit 10 - Civil Rights
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1
How was the Black Power movement different from other social activists in Civil Rights?
They encouraged armed self-defense.
They wanted equality in education.
The fought for equality in housing and jobs.
They trained for non-violence.
2
Analyze the political cartoon:
JFK working towards Civil Rights with help from activists.
JFK is being hunted by those keeping the status quo
JFK fighting for women's rights
JFK felt that Civil Rights was too big an issue
3
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?
selling or renting a home
admitting students to state universities
awarding a construction contract
hiring an employee
4
What were the primary protest tactics used by the Civil Rights activists that were attacked on Ax Handle Saturday?
Sit ins at restaurants
Bus boycotts to downtown
Protest marches and speeches.
Swim ins at local pools
5
Stokely Carmichael is best know for which contribution?
founded the SCLC
started the Black Power Movement
said "Violence is an American as cherry pie"
Wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
6
Analyze the cartoon below:
Segregation was a remnant of slavery.
Segregated schooling is illegal.
All of these are true.
Education will set you free.
7
What was the number one goal of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during Freedom Summer.
end segregation at lunch counters and on public transportation
end all voting restrictions such as poll taxes and literacy tests
end segregation in public schools between African Americans and Whites
ensure all African Americans were registered to vote
8
Analyze the cartoon:
Age restrictions are more important that race restrictions.
Segregation is going strong despite AA war heroes
African Americans were treated like pets.
Segregation was legally enforced every where.
9
What were the findings of the Kerner Commission as the the reasons for the Watts Riot (and others) ?
Violence was the answer for people with no hope or opportunities.
Older homes and businesses were more likely to catch fire.
Violence only broke out in places with legal (de jure) segregation
There were only problems if the arresting officers weren't Black.
10
What is ensured by the 14th Amendment?
all accused must hear their Miranda rights
all defendants can have a lawyer
everyone gets a trial by jury
due process of the law for all citizens
11
What kind of segregation did African Americans find in the North and the West?
de jure segegration
de facto segregation
separate but equal
equalized segregation
12
During the Civil Rights Movement, those that wanted to maintain the status quo took what actions?
kept neutral in all confrontations
fought against those working for civil rights
joined movements like the Black Panthers
joined movements like the Freedom Riders
13
What did the Freedom Riders want?
End segregation laws on public transportation
End segregation laws for public schools
all of the above
End segregation laws in all entertainment venues
14
What group called for an end to racial oppression & for control of major institutions in the African American Community?
Black Panther / Black Power
CORE - Congress of Racial Equality
SNCC - Student Non-violent coordinating committee
Black Muslims / Nation of Islam
15
How was the Poor Peoples Campaign different from other Civil Rights movements?
It did not allow any non-African Americans
It used solely non-violent tactics.
It tried to improve life for all in low income.
It focused on political, but not economic equality.
16
What was the major goal of the National Urban League for African Americans?
desegregation of public schools
increase in job opportunities
exercising voting rights
integration in the military
17
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorize the U.S. Attorney General to do?
send federal examiners to register qualified voters
provide literacy test to new voters
work side-by-side with local voting officials
refuse African Americans suffrage
18
In 1967 Thurgood Marshall became the first African American to achieve what level of success?
earn a law degree
be voted into Congress
serve on the Supreme Court
attend an all white school
19
Why did Dr. King select Selma, Alabama for a protest march?
African Americans were a numerical minority population there.
Violence against Freedom Riders in Selma had been well documented.
Most of the African American residents were not registered to vote.
Opposition to school de-segregation was intense there.
20
The passage of which law marked a turning point in the civil rights movement?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Segregation Act of 1968
Discrimination Act of 1964
21
During what event did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., give his “I Have a Dream” speech?
Watts Riots
March on Selma
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington D.C.
22
Who had become a symbol of the Black Power movement that was sweeping the nation by the early 1960s?
Bobby Seale
A. Philip Randolph
Coretta Scott King
Malcom X
23
Why was the Montgomery Bus Boycott so effective?
Rosa Parks became a nation hero.
It caused the bus drivers to go on strike.
It demonstrated the unfairness of segregation laws.
It put economic pressure, causing business to want laws changed.
24
Which of the following was done as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1957?
required black passengers to sit in a “colored section” in the back of bus
challenging segregation on city buses.
Removal of poll taxes and literacy tests in order to vote in elections.
The U.S. Justice Department to investigate/ and enforce voting rights
25
Which of the following was the primary goal of Fannie Lou Hamer?
Helping African Americans in MS be able to vote.
Encouraging women to arm themselves for self-defense.
Ending de facto segregation in the country.
Equality in education for African American women.
26
What was the goal of Civil Rights Act of 1964?
prohibited poll taxes and literacy tests
Upheld Plessy v. Ferguson
banned racial discrimination in facilities open to public
allowed sexual discrimination
27
The adversity that made it difficult for African Americans to change their situation for the better is known as…
Racism
separate but equal
The Poverty Trap
Status Quo
28
What did Dr. Martin L. King believe was the best tactic to end segregation?
nonviolent (passive) resistance
separation from White society
economic self-improvement
riots and vandalism
29
James Weldon Johnson is best known for which of the following?
Organized the Great Migration of African Americans
Wrote the poem, "I too am America"
Led the "Back to Africa" movement
Wrote "Lift Ev'ry Voice & Sing" which became the black national anthem
30
What does the acronym NAACP stand for?
National African American Counsel for Peace
National African American Center for Progress
Northern American Association of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
31
Which activist that we've studied would have most agreed with the Nation of Islam?
Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer
Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
32
Who gained political political power with the reapportionment required by the Warren Court?
Corporations
Poor rural farmers
African Americans
Southern white
33
Brown v. Board of Education established that....
It was illegal to have separate schools for black & white students.
It was legal to have separate schools for boys & girls.
Protestors could not do so at public schools
School principals could lock out black students.
34
The poverty cycle or trap that was especially hard on African Americans consists of which of the following?
Military service, Housing, Income and Education
Marital status, Standard of living, Income and Education
Religion, Housing, Income and Culture
Employment, Housing, Income and Education
35
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped in what general area, but did NOT do enough in what other area?
discrimination / removal of voting restrictions
fair housing / guaranteed protection at work
segregation / discimination in employment
voting rights / segregation in public places
36
After Rosa Parks’s arrest, Jo Ann Robinson, called the Women’s Political Council, to do what?
elect new city officials
boycott Montgomery's busses
stage a sit-in at the court house
go on strike
37
Which social and civil rights activist from the early 1900s would be most proud of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois.
Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass
Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X
Sojourner Truth and Dredd Scott
38
Why is the "Little Rock Nine" an historic milestone in the fight for Civil Rights of the 1950s and 1960s?
A state's government took action against African Americans
It was the first fight against segregation in a "Northern" state.
The federal/national government defends African Americans
The Klu Klux Klan was seen to be politically powerful.
39
All of the following are goals of CORE except
ending discriminatory policies and improving relations
nonviolence to confront injustice
an eye for an eye; fight if necessary
Organized nonviolent protests
40
Members of CORE used _______________, a protest first used by union workers in the 1930s, to desegregate restaurant.
freedom marches
boycotts
lock outs
sit - ins
41
What happened in Rosewood, Florida in 1923?
African American students tried to integrate the local high school
An African American man made a pass at a white woman and was lynched.
An African American town was destroyed by a racist mob.
2 African American men were arrested for drunk driving which led to riots.
42
What were CORE leader, James Farmer's goals and actions during Freedom Summer?
They used picket lines to force the desegregation of schools.
They used speeches and wrote letters to change voting requirements.
They used marches to try and force the granting of voting rights.
They used sit-ins to try and force desegregation of public facilities.
