Ch.15 & 16 Review

Which President was slow to act on civil rights issues because he needed the support of Southern Senators?

What did Governor George Wallace do in an attempt to maintain segregation at the University of Alabama in 1963?

Which of the following organizations was most associated with the "black power" movement?

Which civil rights leader began to believe that an integrated society was possible after his pilgrimage to Makkah?

This was an attempt by civil rights leaders to draw attention to the poor housing conditions in the inner-cities.

The failed attempt to cause an uprising and overthrow the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was known as...

The Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) was established to...

Which of the following was NOT part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

What achievement by the United States in 1969 marked an important turning point in history?

This future president was the first to make substantial use of television when he ran in 1960.

This group organized sit-ins which successfully integrated many restaurants in Northern cities.

This group was organized to draw attention to the South's refusal to integrate bus terminals.

"Ask not what your country and do for you, ask what you can do for your country" was a call from JFK for...

MLK chose to start a protest march in this city because most African Americans there weren't registered to vote.

Which amendment to the Constitution did the Supreme Court use to apply the Bill of Rights to the states?

Which civil rights leader is most closely associated with the idea of nonviolent passive resistance?

Which of the following was NOT one of the agreements which ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

After the mid-1960s, the civil rights movement focused on...

Until the mid-1960s, the civil rights movement focused on...

The idea that all citizens' votes should have equal weight is known as...

Which of the following government programs provided health insurance for all senior citizens?

The decision in this Supreme Court case ended segregation in public schools.

Which Supreme Court case established that a defendant has the right to a lawyer regardless of their ability to pay?

The decision in this Supreme Court case established the doctrine of "separate but equal".

Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Society programs?

President Kennedy failed to get many of his New Frontier programs passed because...

What person tried to help African Americans register to vote by filing lawsuits in the South?

Which President sent in troops to protect African American students attending a formerly all-white school in Arkansas?

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

When Rosa Parks was arrested, local civil rights leaders...