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