Civil Rights

What was the main result of the events referred to in these headlines?

• The growth of insurance and welfare programs for elderly citizens

• The growth of radical political parties on the East Coast

• The expansion of political and economic opportunities for minority citizens

• The expansion of economic cooperation between northern and southern states

A major impact of the 24th amendment banning poll taxes and of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was the

• increase in the number of Jim Crow laws

• movement to create a new political party for Hispanics

• decrease in voting among African American women

• elimination of discriminatory voting practices against African Americans

Which action occurred as a result of the Supreme Court decision excerpted above?

• The requirement of equal access to school facilities for disabled students

• The expansion of science in school curricula

• The implementation of requirements for federal certification of private-school teachers

• The desegregation of public schools

During the Civil Rights movement, the Black Panther Party’s tactics differed from those of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., because the Black Panthers called for —

• the use of the court system to gain equality

• respecting government authority

• the use of armed resistance if necessary

• enduring injustice through religious faith

During the 1960s and 1970s, Cesar Chavez worked to unionize migrant farm workers by –

• seizing the land of the lettuce and grape growers

• securing passage of federal legislation to limit immigration

• using nonviolent tactics such as boycotts and hunger strikes

• urging growers to reduce the workforce through mechanization

The name of which civil rights leader best completes the title of the graphic?

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Stokely Carmichael

• Malcolm X

During the early 1900s, Booker T. Washington supported a moderate strategy for attaining civil rights for African Americans, while W. E. B. Du Bois called for a more aggressive approach. During the 1960s, a similar difference emerged between —

• Medgar Evers and Thurgood Marshall

• Barbara Jordan and Alice Walker

• Rosa Parks and Marcus Garvey

• Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X

This 1972 poster depicts an organization originally formed to advocate —

• publicly funded health care for children

• better economic treatment of migrant workers

• a retirement system for farm laborer

• equal employment opportunities for women

Which organization’s actions, led by white and black student activists, resulted in the integration of many southern restaurants?

• Nation of Islam

• Black Panthers

• Freedom Riders

• SNCC

Which of the following is NOT true of Rosa Parks?

• She led the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955.

• She became a national symbol of nonviolent protest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.

• She was active in both the NAACP and Black Power movement to end racial segregation.

• She was arrested for civil disobedience for violating Alabama’s segregation laws.