Civil Rights 1
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in___________.
a. Montgomery, Alabama.
b. Mobile, Alabama.
c. Washington, D.C.
d. Birmingham, Alabama.
a. Montgomery, Alabama.
Who was the most well-known African American radical?
a. James Meredith
b. Medgar Evers
c. Malcolm X
d. Rosa Parks
c. Malcolm X
Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" demanded ___.
a. an end to poverty and racial injustice.
b. an end to foreign conflict.
c. the beginning of the "space race."
d. the beginning of religious integration.
a. an end to poverty and racial injustice.
General agreement within a group of people.
a. doctrine
b. advocate
c. consensus
d. legacy
c. consensus
To start.
a. tolerate
b. confrontation
c. intention
d. instigate
d. instigate
Thurgood Marshall is _______________.
a. a Baptist minister.
b. an African American lawyer.
c. an aspiring African American college student.
d. a radical extremist.
b. an African American lawyer.
What was the purpose of the 24th amendment?
a. Banned the literacy test.
b. Banned the poll tax.
c. Banned the mail-in ballots.
d. Banned discussions during the voting process.
b. Banned the poll tax.
Who created the term "black power?"
a. Malcolm X
b. James Meredith
c. Stokely Carmichael
d. Medgar Evers
c. Stokely Carmichael
To publicly recommend or support.
a. intervene
b. advocate
c. implementation
d. consensus
b. advocate
a. overall
b. misgiving
c. grueling
d. crucial
c. grueling
What is de jure segregation?
a. Segregation that is justified by science.
b. Segregation that is imposed by law.
c. Segregation that is imposed by unwritten custom.
d. Segregation that is justified by religion.
b. Segregation that is imposed by law.
The Kerner Commission concluded that__________.
a. financial discrimination was the cause of violence.
b. religious discrimination was the cause of violence.
c. racial discrimination was the cause of violence.
d. gender discrimination was the cause of violence.
c. racial discrimination was the cause of violence.
Why did John F. Kennedy move slowly on civil rights issues?
a. Lose support of economists in his party.
b. Lose support of his religious affiliation in his party.
c. Lose support of the conservatives in his party.
d. Lose support of the liberals in his party.
c. Lose support of the conservatives in his party.
A feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event.
a. legacy
b. intervene
c. misgiving
d. implementation
c. misgiving
Groups of people or countries who have joined together for a common purpose.
a. intention
b. coalition
c. implementation
d. confrontation
b. coalition
In the spring of 1961, __________ stages a "freedom ride" through the Deep South.
a. SCLC
b. CORE
c. The Black Panthers
d. SNCC
b. CORE
What were the goals of the Warren Court?
a. Supported the theories that Oswald acted alone.
b. Supported healthcare policies.
c. Supported social, religious, and political issues.
d. Supported segregation in Southern states.
c. Supported social, religious, and political issues.
Medicare is for____________ while Medicaid is for__________.
a. college students, minorities.
b. the disabled, the elderly.
c. the elderly, the disabled.
d. minorities, college students.
c. the elderly, the disabled.
a. crucial
b. prestigious
c. instrumental
d. legacy
a. crucial
The quality of being violently aggressive in support of a cause.
a. coalition
b. grueling
c. crucial
d. militancy
d. militancy
In the spring of 1963, James Meredith won a federal court case that allowed him to enroll in what University?
a. University of Alabama
b. University of Tennessee
c. University of Mississippi
d. University of North Carolina
c. University of Mississippi
Martin Luther King was assassinated on__________.
a. January 9, 1967.
b. June 19, 1968.
c. April 4, 1968.
d. August 28, 1963.
c. April 4, 1968.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on ____________.
a. December 1, 1962.
b. November 22, 1963.
c. August 28, 1963.
d. February 21, 1965.
b. November 22, 1963.
To assign or distribute something again or in a different way.
a. coalition
b. intervene
c. reapportion
d. implementation
c. reapportion
Serving as a vital means of pursuing a policy.
a. instigate
b. instrumental
c. intervene
d. intention
b. instrumental