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11.10 USHG - Civil Rights Movement

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