3.06: Other Paths

Which advertisement would have been illegal after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? A B C D

B

Which effect did the demonstrations and marches in Selma in March of 1965 have on the civil rights movement? Within two years, desegregation had ended in the South and racial equality had been achieved. Five months later, Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act and the number of black voters in the South rose. Civil rights activists realized that nonviolent civil disobedience would not work and became more militant. They had little, if any effect, on the civil rights movement.

Five months later, Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act and the number of black voters in the South rose.

How did the federal government respond when the governor of Arkansas refused to allow black students to enroll in Little Rock's Central High School? The federal government reminded the governor that admission was a decision for the local school system, not the state. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort and protect the students. The federal government deferred to the rights of the state. President Eisenhower met with the governor who then allowed the students to enroll.

President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort and protect the students.

What was the outcome of the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education? Blacks could attend any public or private white school if they chose to. The federal government now had a basis for the regulation and control of education. Racial culture in the South quickly changed. Public schools that separated students by race had to make changes.

Public schools that separated students by race had to make changes.

What is one way that life changed for many black Americans following World War II? Farming in the South improved with better weather. Opportunities in the West increased migration there. The lure of jobs took many to the North. Housing segregation began to end.

The lure of jobs took many to the North.

Why had some black leaders taken a more militant approach to civil rights by 1965? "Bloody Sunday" had proven to them that the only way to gain equal rights was through violence. They learned that King did not really believe that civil rights for blacks would ever be achieved. They believed King's approach to demanding civil rights was too cautious and the pace of change too slow. Johnson's civil rights legislation was too slow in getting passed by Congress and resulted in little change.

They believed King's approach to demanding civil rights was too cautious and the pace of change too slow.

What did blacks hope to gain by boycotting the buses in Montgomery, Alabama? They wanted to see the fares go down so they could afford to ride. They thought they would be arrested and the publicity would help their cause. They hoped to use economic pressure to end segregation on the buses. They wanted the Montgomery Bus Company to begin transporting students to public schools.

They hoped to use economic pressure to end segregation on the buses.

What were blacks hoping for following their service in World War II ? more opportunities for military service farm subsidies for sharecroppers an end to Jim Crow laws separate but equal schools

an end to Jim Crow laws

Which technique used by black and white activists called attention to their demands? withholding rent from landlords bus trips through the South promoting civil rights picketing the White House and the Capitol boycotting sporting events

bus trips through the South promoting civil rights

Martin Luther King Jr. declared: "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." On that day, he concluded, "all God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of that old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank god almighty, we are free at last!'" What was King's dream described in this passage? a meeting of the minds an understanding among religions equality for all freedom for blacks

equality for all

What was not a hardship African Americans experienced in the years preceding World War II ? discrimination in employment and housing segregation in schools problems marrying one another difficulty voting

problems marrying one another

What were Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, and food stamps? ideas King came up with to lift urban African Americans out of poverty part of Johnson's War on Hunger programs created as part of Johnson's Great Society provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

programs created as part of Johnson's Great Society

What is not an example of white resistance to desegregation? admitting only a few black students to white schools stalling the efforts to integrate schools closing public schools and providing private school vouchers to white parents sending the poorest white students into black schools

sending the poorest white students into black schools

Which phrase describes the treatment blacks received in the years before World War II ? integrated and equal integrated but unequal separate but equal separate and unequal

separate and unequal

Why did SNCC and CORE send hundreds of volunteers south during the Freedom Summer campaigns? to protest Johnson's Great Society programs in Alabama to spread the message of "black power" to young blacks across the South to help register hundreds of thousands of black voters in Mississippi to challenge Jim Crow laws that kept blacks segregated from whites

to help register hundreds of thousands of black voters in Mississippi