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11.10 USHG - Civil Rights Movement

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  • One effect of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was
    Increased African American voter registration
    Increased segregation
    Decreased voter turnout
    Lowered taxes
  • Brown v. Board was a significant Supreme Court decision because it
    Lowered the voting age for Americans to 18
    Reduced taxes for African Americans
    Began the legal process to desegregate public spaces
    Began the legal process to desegregate schools
  • AIM (American Indian Movement) protested
    Violations of Native American treaty rights and poverty
    Education reforms that excluded Native Tribes
    Native Americans being drafted in Vietnam
    Desegregation that forced Natives into public schools
  • The doctrine overturned by Brown v. Board of Education was
    Judicial review
    Separate but equal
    Manifest Destiny
    Due process
  • The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968
    Ended protests in the South
    Led to widespread riots and mourning across the U.S.
    Marked the end of segregation
    Stopped the Civil Rights Movement
  • The group that emphasized Black Power was
    SCLC
    NAACP
    The Black Panthers
    SNCC
  • The landmark case Brown v. Board of Education ruled that
    Voting laws could not be challenged
    Racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
    Separate but equal was fair and legal
    Segregation was allowed under certain conditions
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked by
    Passage of the Civil Rights Act
    The March on Washington
    Rosa Parks’ arrest
    Malcolm X's speeches
  • Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 aimed to
    Restrict civil disobedience in schools and colleges
    Create more jobs for men in female job spaces
    Eliminate gender discrimination in federally funded programs
    Ban private education and force public
  • Rosa Parks is most famous for
    Speaking at the March on Washington
    Refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus
    Being elected to the U.S. Senate
    Protesting at a college campus
  • NOW (National Organization for Women) was created to
    Support military expansion
    Defend school prayer
    Advocate for women’s equality and rights
    Oppose immigration
  • The main goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to
    Promote overseas expansion
    End racial segregation and gain equal rights
    Increase the power of state governments
    Support isolationist policies
  • Sit-ins were a form of protest that involved
    Refusing to pay taxes
    Peacefully occupying segregated public places
    Blocking highways
    Protesting outside courthouses
  • The main purpose of affirmative action policies is to
    Expand military service for people of color
    Reduce unfair taxes for minority groups in America
    Lower tuition costs for all white universities
    Increase opportunities for groups that faced discrimination
  • Martin Luther King Jr. supported
    Avoiding political involvement
    Violent resistance
    Military-led reforms
    Nonviolent civil disobedience
  • Civil Rights legislation was most successful when
    Laws were passed only by states
    Local towns voted on the issues at hand
    The military supported actions of the federal government
    The federal government enforced it through laws and rulings
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination based on
    Property ownership
    Race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
    Gender and age
    Race, color, religion, or national origin
  • The Equal Pay Act of 1963 required
    Benefits for veterans returning from war
    Separate pay scales for minorities
    Tax cuts for business owners
    Equal wages for men and women doing the same job
  • One goal of AIM (American Indian Movement) was to
    Promote war
    Ban federal elections
    Reduce taxes
    Restore tribal lands and rights
  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965
    Eliminated literacy tests and other barriers to voting
    Allowed states to create new voting restrictions
    Created new poll taxes
    Raised the voting age
  • Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered during
    The March on Washington
    The Freedom Rides
    The Selma March
    The Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • The United Farm Workers used
    Violence in protest to bring attention to their issues
    Immigration enforcement to deport illegal immigrants
    Boycotts and strikes to bring attention to labor issues
    Supreme Court lawsuits to fight in court
  • One strategy shared by civil rights leaders was
    Military enlistment
    Trade restrictions
    Armed conflict
    Nonviolent protest and civil disobedience
  • The Selma March helped lead to
    The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
    Title IX
    The formation of NATO
    Brown v. Board of Education
  • César Chávez organized farmworkers to
    Reduce voter turnout for Hispanics in the US
    Open new schools
    Enforce immigration laws for illegal immigrants
    Improve working conditions and wages through nonviolence
  • The Black Power movement encouraged
    Rejoining European nations
    Working only within existing political parties
    Racial pride and political and economic self-sufficiency
    Passive civil protests
  • The 24th Amendment banned
    Literacy tests in federal elections
    The use of poll taxes in federal elections
    State-funded segregation
    School lunches
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Banned segregation in public places and employment
    Established new colonies
    Banned requiring a literacy test for all voters
    Gave voting rights to children
  • Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique helped spark
    The environmental movement
    The Cold War
    The modern women’s rights movement
    School desegregation
  • The goal of the Freedom Rides was to
    Test Supreme Court rulings on desegregated interstate travel
    Promote local elections
    End the Cold War
    Encourage literacy programs
  • The response to desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas led President Eisenhower to
    Arrest civil rights activists
    Send federal troops to enforce integration
    Overturn the Supreme Court ruling
    Close public schools
  • Malcolm X differed from Martin Luther King Jr. because he
    Supported colonization of Africa
    Refused to speak publicly
    Promoted Black nationalism and self-defense
    Opposed any political change
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