Unit 3 Civil Rights 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 Review Questions

What effect did James Meredith's 1962 federal court case have on segregation in Mississippi?

It forced the University of Mississippi to desegregate.

Why were the Kerner Commission's findings so controversial?

It recommended funding federal programs to solve problems.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorized the federal government to?

Oversee voting registration and elections in certain states.

Civil rights activists organized the 1963 March on Washington in order to increase?

Pressure on Congress to pass a proposed civil rights bill.

Which event caused the CORE 'freedom ride' in 1961 to become violent?

Segregationists firebombed a bus after it departed from Anniston, Alabama.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 allowed?

The Justice Department to prosecute anyone who violated other people's civil rights.

President Truman used his executive power to enforce?

The desegregation of the military.

Which practice was judged constitutional by the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

Creating separate but equal schools.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign was an attempt to?

Address economic injustice.

Why did Martin Luther King. Jr. advocate the use of nonviolent protest to resist segregation and oppression?

Because he believed that any other method would kill needlessly too many people.

Organizers of the Freedom Summer campaign hoped to achieve?

The registration of African Americans to vote in Mississippi.

Why did Ella Baker help form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?

To allow young, college aged, African American's to have their own voice.

Why did President Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas?

To enforce state compliance with the Brown decision.

According to the Stokely Carmichael, black power meant that African Americans should?

Use their economic and political strength to gain equality.