US History Chapter 25 (three questions are wrong I am not sure which ones)

In November 1956, the Supreme Court overturned the decision that Alabama's laws requiring segregation on buses were unconstitutional.

True

When first established, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference set out to end segregation and

encourage African Americans to register to vote

In the 1950s and 1960s, ____________ trapped many African Americans in inner cities.

poverty

The purpose of pupil assignment laws was to

prevent African Americans from attending white schools

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

political rights

The purpose of the Selma March was to campaign for

voting rights for African Americans

Eisenhower's statement means that

you cannot legislate people into changing their opinions

The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896 established that laws segregating African Americans were permitted under the so-called

"separate-but-equal" doctrine

Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was a defense of nonviolent protest.

True

In which year was segregation of public facilities prohibited?

1964

The first major protest of the civil rights movement occurred in what state, according to the time line above?

Alabama

The brutal attack by law enforcement officers against peaceful demonstrators in Selma, Alabama, became known as

Bloody Sunday

Which act did President Johnson sign into law on July 2, 1964?

Civil Rights Act of 1964

According to the time line, major civil rights legislation passed during the administration(s) of

Eisenhower and Johnson

The leader of the Nation of Islam during the early 1960s was

Elijah Muhammad

Black Muslims held the same beliefs as other Muslims around the world.

False

De facto segregation refers to racial segregation enforced by law.

False

Dr. King delivered the powerful speech outlining his dream of freedom and equality for all Americans at the Lincoln Memorial in Memphis, Tennessee, on August 28, 1963.

False

Eldridge Cleaver was the chief counsel for the NAACP.

False

James Meredith was the first African American student to attend the University of Alabama.

False

John Kennedy became the first president since Reconstruction to send federal troops into the South to protect the constitutional rights of African Americans.

False

President Eisenhower believed that people had to end segregation and racism immediately.

False

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 authorized the attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified voters, bypassing local officials who often refused to register African Americans.

False

While campaigning for president, John Kennedy did not promise to actively support civil rights.

False

The sit-in movement began when four college students staged a demonstration in

Greensboro, North Carolina

What was true of President Eisenhower and civil rights?

He ordered troops to protect schoolchildren

Which of the following statements about the civil rights act of 1964 is true

It was the most comprehensive civil rights legislation Congress had ever passed

One of the early leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was

Marion Barry

Which of the Supreme Court rulings in the chart above condoned segregation?

Plessy v. Ferguson

The organization founded by student civil rights activists was

SNCC

Why do you think the Supreme Court's decision in Morgan v. Virginia did not prevent the Rosa Parks incident from happening?

The Supreme Court ruling applied to interstate buses, not local buses

By using a filibuster, a minority of senators in the 1960s could get a bill passed that the majority opposed.

True

In the spring of 1963, Dr. King decided to launch demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, knowing they would probably provoke a violent response, because he believed that this was the only way to get President Kennedy to actively support civil rights.

True

Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball.

True

President Kennedy made a deal that allowed the Freedom Riders to be arrested in Mississippi if the authorities prevented violence against them.

True

Robert Kennedy tried to help African Americans register to vote by having the civil rights division of the Justice Department file lawsuits throughout the South.

True

The "X" in Malcolm X's name stood as a symbol for the family name of his African ancestors who had been enslaved.

True

The Kerner Commission recommendations resulted in no change in the status of African Americans.

True

The purpose of the Selma March was to campaign for voting rights in the South.

True

The sit-in movement brought large numbers of idealistic and energized college students into the movement, including people like Theophilus Eugene Connor.

True

The passage of which law marked a turning point in the civil rights movement?

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which event helped to advance the civil rights movement?

a boycott of Montgomery buses

The bus boycott in Montgomery lasted for

about a year

After his pilgrimage to Makkah, Malcolm X concluded that

an integrated society was possible

In support of a strike by African American sanitation workers, Dr. King went to Memphis, Tennessee, where on April 4, 1968, he was

assassinated

Despite their name, the Black Muslims do not hold the same beliefs as mainstream Muslims, but preach

black nationalism

Outraged by Rosa Parks's arrest, Jo Ann Robinson, head of a local organization called the Women's Political Council, called on African Americans to

boycott Montgomery's buses

Rosa Parks's action resulted in a

bus boycott

Orval Faubus, the governor of Arkansas, was determined to be reelected, and began

defending white supremacy

Following the precedent set by President Truman, President Eisenhower ordered

desegregation of veterans' hospitals

The Freedom Riders traveled to the south to

draw attention to the South's refusal to integrate bus terminals

In the passage, King teaches African Americans about the use of

forgiveness

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did little to

guarantee the right to vote

The Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education ended racial segregation

in public schools

The Freedom Riders were organized to draw attention to the South's refusal to

integrate bus terminals

Refer to the time line above and then identify two main goals for the civil rights movement.

integrated public facilities and the right to vote

In this passage, King is saying that protest

is a powerful tool for achieving change

When the Supreme Court ordered school districts to end school segregation "with all deliberate speed," the wording was vague enough that many districts were able to

keep their schools segregated for many more years

Like martin luther king jr. many leaders of the civil rights movement were

ministers in African American churches

At first President Kennedy acted slowly on civil rights because he

needed support from many Southern senators to get other programs passed

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., believed that the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through

nonviolent passive resistance

To end segregation and racism, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., advocated

nonviolent passive resistance

In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans

organized a bus boycott

After the Brown v. Board of Education decision, many states adopted an elaborate set of requirements other than race that schools could use to prevent African Americans from attending white schools, called

pupil assignment laws

Rosa Parks was arrested for

refusing to give her bus seat to a white man

SNCC's Voter Education Project focused on

rural areas of the Deep South

President Kennedy eventually ordered the Interstate Commerce Commission to tighten up its regulations against

segregated bus terminals

In registering African Americans to vote, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorized the attorney general to

send federal examiners to register qualified voters

Civil rights activists tried to integrate restaurants by using

sit-ins

The SNCC was founded by

students

Which of the following was most associated with the black power movement

the Black Panthers

This speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. reveals his commitment to

the right to protest granted by American democracy