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11.10 USHG - Civil Rights Movement

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