History Ch 16
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s led to...
an increase in African American voter participation.
Thurgood Marshall changed the course of American history because he...
showed that the "separate but equal" principle was unconstitutional.
Why did the Nixon administration establish affirmative action?
to promote equal opportunities for blacks and whites
How did Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus's actions in the Little Rock crisis provoke a political conflict between state and federal governments?
He resisted the Supreme Court's Brown decision to desegregate, which forced President Eisenhower to send federal troops.
What effect did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" have on the civil rights movement?
It explained the necessity of civil rights reform and the tactic of nonviolence to obtain it.
Why did the "I Have a Dream" speech have such an impact on the civil rights movement?
It expressed the movement's goal of freedom and equality.
Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1957 significant?
It mandated the desegregation of all public schools.
How did the Hernandez v. Texas case affect the civil rights of Mexican Americans?
It meant that they could participate more fully in the justice system.
What impact did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have on American law?
It outlawed discrimination in employment and public accommodations.
How did the Twenty-Fourth Amendment affect the voting rights of African Americans?
It prevented states from collecting a poll tax that discouraged poor African Americans from voting.
What was the legal basis for the government's involvement in desegregating the University of Mississippi?
James Meredith and the NAACP won a federal court case.
How did Rosa Parks's actions redirect the tactics of the civil rights movement?
They inspired a mass movement of direct action to create political change.
In what ways did the Black Panthers represent a shift in tone and tactics for the Civil Rights movement?
They represented a radicalization of urban youth and a new militancy.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was intended to...
prevent states from restricting minority groups' access to the political process.
The freedom riders targeted transportation that crossed state lines because...
they knew that the federal government regulated interstate travel and would act to defend a recent Supreme Court decision.
