Homework Check 16.2

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• Interstate Travel Act of 1964

• Cloture Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

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

• Segregation Act of 1965

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Equal Pay Act of 1963

• Discrimination Act of 1964

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

• work side-by-side with local officials.

• send federal examiners to register qualified voters.

• provide literacy tests to newly registered voters.

• refuse African Americans the right to vote.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped protect civil rights, but it did not

• guarantee protection in the workplace.

• end discrimination in employment.

• end segregation in public places.

• guarantee the right to vote.