JFK and African Americans in the 1950s - 1960s

Question 1

All of the following Supreme Court cases expanded individual rights EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 2

JFK made an excellent presidential candidate in 1960 for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT. . .

Accepted Answer

He promised to go back to the way things were the 1950's

Question 3

Whose writings and/or actions inspired MLK & other Civil Rights activists?

Accepted Answer

Mohandas Gandhi, Jesus, Henry David Thoreau

Question 4

What was a major part of the "New Frontier" proposed by President Kennedy in 1961?

Accepted Answer

Landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade

Question 5

Who was the first African-American in Major League Baseball?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 6

What was the slogan/motto of Civil Rights activists in the 1950's and 1960's?

Accepted Answer

"We shall overcome"

Question 7

The focus of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech was his belief that...

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights are guaranteed to all Americans

Question 8

Who was the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court? (appointed in 1964)

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 9

1960 Election, what was used for the first time that created greater citizen participation?

Accepted Answer

Four television debates

Question 10

During what event did Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

Accepted Answer

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Question 11

All of the following were Civil Rights organizations in the 1950's and 1960's EXCEPT for . . .

Accepted Answer

the Tuskegee Airmen

Question 12

The Peace Corps (1961) was established by President Kennedy in an effort to provide what?

Accepted Answer

Support to under-developed nations of the world

Question 13

She reportedly had been involved romantically with both JFK and Robert Kennedy. Her name was. . .

Accepted Answer

Marylin Monroe

Question 14

What were the findings of the Warren Commission investigation of the assassination of JFK?

Accepted Answer

Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin

Question 15

The first African-American player in the NBA was . . .

Accepted Answer

Earl Lloyd

Question 16

Which 1896 Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board of Education reverse, in 1954?

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 17

Even though their tactics were different, what was similar about CORE, SNCC, SCLC, and NAACP?

Accepted Answer

Each supported the end of segregation

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