CIVIL RIGHTS REVIEW

How do Historians distinguish one major historical era from another?

• dividing the eras into decades
• reading literature produced in each era
• examining the changes that occur over time
• interviewing people living in the time period

Characterize the Civil Rights Era in U.S. History

• the efforts of leaders advocating non-violent civil disobedience
• groups involved in violent riots and protests in American cities
• a series of presidential initiatives aimed at ending racial segregation

Which event marked the beginning of the modern civil rights movement

• March on Washington
• Freedom Rides
• Montgomery Bus Boycott

Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated in which year?

• 1966
• 1967
• 1968
• 1969

Which amendment extended the right to vote to women?

• Fourteenth Amendment
• Seventeenth Amendment
• Sixteenth Amendment
• Nineteenth Amendment

In what way did Rosa Park's arrest most directly impact the civil rights movement during the 1950's?

• Malcolm X used the incident to recruit African Americans to lead sit-ins at restaurants.
• Thurgood Marshall's work on the case resulted in the Brown vs Board of Education court case
• Martin Luther King Jr's response to the incident elevated him to spokesen for the Movement
• Caesar Chavez was so inspired by the event that he began to organize a nationwide bus boycott

What did President Truman order in 1947?

• The desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces
• The bombing of Japan.
• First U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor's appointment
• Non-Violent Freedom Riders attacks

The Southern Poverty Law Center, formally incorporated in 1971 and still in existence today, was established with the intention to

• create a place to keep the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr alive for future generations
• fight for the passage of Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
• ensure that the gains made in the civil rights movement were not taken away
• promote the education of African Americans in law schools throughout the U.S.

Which civil rights leader spoke at the 1963 March on Washington and won the Nobel Prize for Peace

• Malcolm X
• Stokely Carmichael
• Thurgood Marshall
• Martin Luther King, Jr

Betty Friedan's book the Feminine Mystique influence the women's rights movement of the 1960's by-

• calling for an end to the women's rights movement
• reviving interest in the women's rights movement
• advocating for a constitutional amendment protecting women's rights.
• introducing the idea of women breaking the "glass ceiling" in the job market.