Why did Allen Bakke sue the Regents of the University of California?

Passed over for admissions for a less qualified candidate

Who was James Meredith?

First Black student enrolled in University of Mississippi

Which statement best describes the key point of the Atlanta Compromise?

African-Americans should focus on economic opportunity first

What tragedy occurred in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963?

16th Street Church was blown up, killing 4 school girls.

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Civil Rights Movement

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1
Which amendment to the Constitution ended poll taxes as a way to suppress votes?
24th
22nd
15th
14th
2
Why did riots break in the Watts neighborhood in 1965?
Police misconduct
High Unemployment
High cost of Food
Lack of adequate housing
3
Which African-American leader focused on the elite 10%?
Booker T. Washington
WEB DuBois
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcom X
4
Who wrote the Atlanta Compromise?
WEB DuBois
Frederick Douglass
Rosa Parks
Booker T. Washinton
5
Why did Allen Bakke sue the Regents of the University of California?
He was disqualify for his anti-Vietnam war stance.
Passed over for admissions for a less qualified candidate
Tuition was too high.
He wanted to enroll in nursing, an non-traditional major
6
Which court case ENDED "separate but equal?"
Brown v. Board of Education
Schenck v. U.S.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
7
Who was James Meredith?
Racist governor of Georgia who tried to stop desegregation.
Attorney General who enforced desegregation in the South
Murder secretary of the NAACP
First Black student enrolled in University of Mississippi
8
What court case codified "separate but equal?"
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Schenck v. US
Plessy v. Ferguson
9
Which of the following leaders did not believe that militancy would improve Civil Rights?
Stokely Carmichael
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bobby Seale
Malcom X
10
What year was King's "I have a Dream Speech?"
1970
1967
1963
1955
11
What cause caused a loss of support in the North for desegregation?
Busing
Lack of opportunity in special programs
Reduce achievement scores
Misallocation of funds
12
What was the term for the era of segregation and discrimination after Reconstruction?
Black Panther Era
Jim Crow Era
Redeemer Era
KKK Era
13
Who refused to give up her seat to end segregation on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama?
Coretta King
Amelia Earhart
Annie Oakley
Rosa Parks
14
Which statement best describes the key point of the Atlanta Compromise?
African-Americans deserve immediate social equality.
African-Americans should focus on economic opportunity first
African-Americans should become separatists.
African-Americans should be happy with the status quo.
15
Which amendment was supposed to protect citizens from states violating our civil rights?
13th
15th
5th
14th
16
What tragedy occurred in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963?
Dr. King was assassinated.
Bull Connors used police dogs against non-violent protestors
16th Street Church was blown up, killing 4 school girls.
Marchers to Selma were attacked by police.

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