Civil Rights Achievements - Day 2

Civil rights Achievements

Multiple Choice

Civil rights organization founded in 1942 and dedicated to effecting change through peaceful confrontation.

• de facto segregation

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Freedom Rides

Multiple Choice

 “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (104-107).
Based on this statement, how does King feel about the future of America?

• scared
• angry
• hopeful
• sad

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of the "I Have a Dream" speech?

• to inspire

• to criticize

• to inform

• to entertain

Multiple Choice

What IS King's dream?

• equality
• wealth
• injustice
• faith

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does MLK caution "his people" NOT to do?

• use non-violence
• don't be satisfied
• go back to home states and keep working for equality
• be bitter and hateful

Multiple Choice

What is the term for a policy in admissions or hiring that gives special consideration to traditionally disadvantaged groups to overcome the present effects of past discrimination?

• civil rights

• civil liberties

• affirmative action

• legislative mandate

Multiple Choice

The Court decided that a state supported school could use race as a basis for admission, though it ruled that quotas were illegal. Bakke was admitted.

• Texas v. Johnson, 1991

• Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969

• Roe v. Wade, 1973

• Regents of California v. Bakke,1978