According to the video The Children's March, MLK was initially

opposed to having children arrested.

The push for equality picked up momentum for all of these reasons EXCEPT

Eisenhower made Civil Rights one of his primary goals.

Why was there no anti-lynching law or anti poll-tax law during the New Deal?

Democrats in the South opposed them.

James Meredith was the first African American

Student to attend the University of Mississippi.

What was the Southern Manifesto?

Petition signed by southrn politicians opposing Brown v. BOE

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 differed from all previous civil rights legislation in that

also outlawed gender discrimination.

Who assassinated Malcolm X?

Rivals within the Nation of Islam.

SNCC differed from SCLCin that

SNCC organized students; SCLC organized churches.

The schools of Little Rock coped with the stresses of desegregation in 1957 by

closing all public schools in 1958.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

Outlawed racial discrimination in most public places.

After white teens heard rock n' roll music by artists like Elvis Presley

many were inspired to find music by original black artists.

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1
According to the video The Children's March, MLK was initially
prepared to see violence aganst children as a powerful image
in favor of having children arrested.
opposed to having children arrested.
sure JFK would side with the marchers in Birmingham.
2
The push for equality picked up momentum for all of these reasons EXCEPT
Postwar prosperity drastically increased income inequality.
Millions of blacks moved north beginning in the 1930s.
Eisenhower made Civil Rights one of his primary goals.
More than million blacks served in the Allied forces in WW2
3
Why was there no anti-lynching law or anti poll-tax law during the New Deal?
Republicans in the South opposed them.
African Americans no longer saw a need for these laws.
Republicans in the North opposed them.
Democrats in the South opposed them.
4
Elijah Muhammad and Nation of Islam preached a philosophy closest to
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
Martin Luther King Jr.
5
What was the de facto motto of civil rights activists in the 50s and 60s?
"E Pluribus Unum."
"We shall Overcome."
"Liberty and Justice for All."
"Live and Let Live."
6
James Meredith was the first African American
Secretary of State.
Student to attend Central HS in Little Rock
Student to attend the University of Mississippi.
Supreme Court justice.
7
What was the Southern Manifesto?
The title of CORE's founding charter
The title of a passionate speech delivered by MLK in Selma.
Petition signed by southrn politicians opposing Brown v. BOE
Malcolm X's bold manifesto denouncing white supremacy.
8
Which president finally desegregated the armed forces?
LBJ
Eisenhower
Truman
JFK
9
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 differed from all previous civil rights legislation in that
also outlawed gender discrimination.
specifically protected blacks' right to vote.
banned segregation in federal offices.
said there was no scientific basis for discrimination.
10
By 1968 MLK said the problems of race could never be solved until we solve the problems of
violence.
North and South.
class.
drugs.
11
Most historians regard the beginning of the Civil rights movement as starting with
The Revolutionary War
The Roaring 20s
The Great Depression
Reconstruction
12
What did Stokely Carmichael advocate?
Nonviolent protests
A war on poverty
Black Power
Affirmative action
13
Who assassinated Malcolm X?
The CIA
The KKK
Rivals within the Nation of Islam.
Members of SNCC.
14
SNCC differed from SCLCin that
SNCC organized students; SCLC organized churches.
SCLC sought social = SNCC social and economic =
SCLC was a political party; SNCC a grassroots organization
SCLC advocated use of violence and SNCC did not.
15
What began to finally change segregation in the 1950s?
The embarrassment of the soviets calling the US "racist."
the use of TV as a tool in non-violent protest.
The lesons of racism from WW2.
all of these.
16
All of the following are true of the Black Panthers EXCEPT
They operated as a political party.
They wore black and carried guns.
They were based in Detroit.
They advocated Black Power and the use of violence.
17
The schools of Little Rock coped with the stresses of desegregation in 1957 by
forcing most blacks to move from the school district in 1958
rezoning black neighborhoods out of the district in 1958.
closing all public schools in 1958.
grudgingly coming together in 1958.
18
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Sent fed. election officials south to register black voters
Was more symbolic than a significant piece of legislation.
Outlawed racial discrimination in most public places.
Banned the poll tax.
19
After white teens heard rock n' roll music by artists like Elvis Presley
Most were shocked and rejected "black music."
black artists like Chuck berry faded into obscurity.
many were inspired to find music by original black artists.
Most turned more heavily to country and other "white " music

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