Civil Right Movement Lecture 2 Quiz

What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?

• Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.

• Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism

• OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA

• Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

• Dolores Huerta

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ceaser Chavez

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

• WAC

• HUAC

• NAACP

• SNCC

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

• March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Black Panthers

• Mass Support Demonstrations

• Little Rock Nine

What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24^th Amendment?

• Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities

• Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

• Sit-in

• Boycotts

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

active effort to improve employment or educational opportunities for members of minority groups and for women

• HUD

• Equal Pay Act

• Affirmative Action

• Title IX

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• McLaurin v. Oklahoma

 Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• to segregate schools.

• to integrate schools.

• to pay African Americans more money.

• to pay African Americans less money.

True or False: Martin Luther King Jr believed in non violent protests.

• True

• False