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civics
section 3 (civil rights movement)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the student non violent coordinating committee (sncc) was an outgrowth of the | sit in movement launched by young southern blacks |
| at first, kennedy moved very slowly in the area of racial justice because he | needed the support of southern legislators to pass his economic and social legislation |
| by mid 1963, kennedy's position on the civil rights can be best described as | committed to finding a solution to this moral issue |
| the common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters to south was outlawed by the | voting rights act of 1965 |
| beginning in 1965, the chief goal of the civil rights movement in the south was to | secure the right to vote |
| the watts riots in 1965 symbolized.. | the more militant and confrontation phase of the civil rights movement |
| black leaders in the 1960's included ______, an advocate of peaceable resistance; _____, who favored black separatism; and ____ an advocate of "black power" | MLK, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael |
| the civil rights act of 1964 made segregation illegal for | public accomodations |
| what was the main type of pressure exerted by the montgomery improvement association in response to segregation on buses | economic |
| what is an example of de facto segregation | a concentration of urban african americans in slum areas |
| de jure segregation is segregation that results from ___ | laws |
| in the mid-1960's stokely carmichael became the president of the... | student non violent coordinating committee |
| the first sit ins took place on february first 1960 in | greensboro, north carolina |
| in the summer of 1964, thousands of white college students took part in | a campaign to register african american voters in mississipi |
| one accomplishment of the ____ was bringing about federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities | montgomery bus boycott |
| in which city was MLK assasinated in | memphis |
| in the years of 1963, FBI surveillance on MLK, they has produced evidence that he | drank excess amounts and engages in extramarital sex |
| the 1965 march from selma to montgomery, alabama was to put pressure on the federal gov to | pass and enforce laws to end voting restrictions placed upon african americans in the south |
| the 1955 supreme court decision known as the Brown II, the court ruled that state governments were to implement desegregation | "with all deliberate speed" |
| a key moment for JFK when he was campaighning for the presidency in 1960 was when | he and his brother robert helped get MLK out of jail in georgia |
| emmitt till, the teenager killed in 1955 in mississippi, was from | chicago |
| president nixon's approach to the civil rights movement can be best described as | against the movement and more concerned about keeping "law and order" in America |
| what action designed to oppose a political or buisness policy is closed to the approach used by MLK | a war protester accepting a jail term rather than registering for the draft |
| when president eisenhower sent federal troops to little rock, Ak, during the 1957 school integration, he was excercising his constitutional power as | commander in chief |
| the orgiginal idea for a march on washington was feveloped by | a phillop randolph |
| when neccessary to achieve justice, which method did MLK urge his followers to employ | engaging in civil disobedience |
| the supreme courts decision in brown versus board of education of topeka was based on the constitutional principle of | equal protection of the law |
| one of the main outcomes of the more militant ideas of the civil rights movement was | white backlash and less support from the federal government |
| the main purpose of the freedom rides in 1961 was to | rest the enforcement of the supreme court decision to integrate interstate buses |
| what is the chronological order of the birmingham demostrations, march on washingon, johnson signs civil rights bill | the birmingham demonstrations, march on washingon, johnson signs the civil rights bill |
| what two leaders were assassinated in 1968 | mlk and rfk |
| many critics of the march on washington were upset because | all of the above |
| appealing to many african americans anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power, ____ preached a militant approach to vicil rights | malcolm x |
| plessy vs feguson | 1896- seperate but equal |
| missouri ex. rel. gainse | 1938 - principle of segregated schools |
| thurgood marshall | first AA to serve in supreme court |
| brown vs board | 1954- school segregation unconstitutional |
| equal protection clause | section of the 14th ammendment that claims "equal protection of the laws" |
| brown 2 | 1955- racially segregated systems be dismanted with "all deliberate speed" |
| sclc- southern christian leadership conference | reflected nonviolent protest launched by MLK |
| sncc- student nonviolent coordinating committe | gave young blacks a place in civil rights movements |
| civil rights act of 1964 | outlawed segregation in public facilities and created equal employment opportunity commission |
| de jure discrimination | racial segregation that is a dirct result of policy - south |
| de facto | north- racial discrimination that results from practice |
| tile VII of the civil rights act | prohibited employers from discriminating against employees fro reasons like race, age, sex |
| EEOC- equal employment opportunity commission | forbids discrimination |
| ella baker | worker for WPA |
| kenneth clark | phychologist that showed that segregatio is inevitably created low self esteem |
| earl warren | chief justice of 1953 |
| e fredrick morrow | only black man on whitehouse staff |
| southern manifesto | promised resistance to the federal government |
| orval faubus | governer of little rock, ak- wanted segregation |
| luther hodges | "politics of moderation" governor of NC |
| e.d. nixon | president of NCAAP |
| sit in movement | 4 black freshman walked into woolworths reasterant and demanded equal service which triggered many protests |
| freedom riders | sent by core (congress of racial equality) testing the implementation of new laws prohibiting segretation in interstate travel facilities |
| birmingham movement | led by reverend shuttlesworth- was to lessen constrainment of lacks- violence was seen on tv |
| freedom day | in selma alabama in 1963, was the first sign of splitting of the sncc and sclc- i have a dream speech delivered |
| MFDP- the mississippi freedom democratic party | held mock elections to those not aloud to vote |
| nation of islam founded by | wallace ford muhhammad in 1930 |
| why did MLK want to take the CRM to chicago | to adress defacto segregation, to see if non violent protests and civil disobedience would work in the north, to address unfair housing practicies |
| what obstacles did the CRM face in chicago | defacto more difficult to prove and solve than dejure |
| how was the cfm an example of the CRM splitting | chicago black residents felt no progress was made, protests went on after kind left, anger/violence |
| SNCC founded by | john lewis and stokely carmichael |
| black panther party | founded 1966 by bobby seale and huey newton |
| founder of united farm workers | ceser chavez |
| the demis of the crm (3) | message shifts, "poor peoples campaign", memphis, tn 1968, |
| later with MLK why did gov start to not like them | lost support from pres johnson and denounced government in poor peoples campaign |
| memphis tn. 1968 MLK | assassinated april 4th my james earl ray- riots broke out |
| critisisms of mlk | expanded goals too broadly, rid of defacto which is too deeply rooted, didnt understand north |
| militancy of mlk | white backlash, whites want peace and law and order, 1968 election |
| the great society | lydon baines johnson's program for congress in 1965 |
| what did the great society adress | solve all the problems in america like aiding education, desiease, fight poverty, prevention of crime |
| election of 1964 | johnson beats goldwater in a landslide |
| eisenhower during crm | enforced integration but didnt care for it, thought civil rights should be up to states, didn;t want south to resist |
| jfk during crm | supported movement got 80% of black votes. hands off in first years then began to care more about crm because of relelection, riots, and maturity |
| johnson during crm | yes- ends jim crow laws, started voting rights acts. |
| how did nixon's view of crm differ from kennedy and johnson | republican, law and order, sotuhern strategy |
| how did crm end | "silent majority" and tired of fighting |