Unit 11: The Civil Rights Movement

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), formed in the 1960s, was known for its organized, nonviolent sit-ins to protest

• unfair admission policies that restricted black students from going to college.

• Jim Crow laws that segregated the races.

• violence against students attending public universities.

• the unfair treatment of women.

Which statement BEST describes the relationship between Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education?

• Both cases addressed the need for due process of law.

• Both cases allowed popular sovereignty to decide integration.

• The Brown decision overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine of the Plessy decision.

• The Brown case expanded legal segregation established in the Plessy case.

President Lydon B. Johnson persuaded Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The primary purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to

• protect impoverished groups by banning the poll tax.
• implement affirmative action programs at the federal level.
• issue federal grants to businesses owned by minorities and women.
• prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin.
  

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the civil rights movement. What strategy did Dr. King use to promote change?

• electoral process

• violent resistance

• civil disobedience (non-violent protest)

• surface compliance

The economic boycotts of African Americans in the Southern states during the 1950s showed that

• Federal government repeatedly sided with big business.

• their spending power could affect major changes in civil rights.

• whites could easily counter any economic impact of the boycotts.

• such activities were useless in the modern civil rights struggle because blacks did not have money.

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affect racial segregation at public colleges and universities?

• It did not affect racial segregation at public colleges.
• It helped end segregation by hotels near public colleges.
• It helped end segregation by restaurants near public colleges.
• It prohibited segregation by institutions that received federal funding.

This photograph is from the Albany Movement (1961-1962). In what way does it represent the philosophy of its founders, SNCC and NAACP?

• They focused only on major issues that directly impacted the economy.

• They conducted forms of nonviolent social protest to gain support and enact change.

• They focused only on major cities in Georgia to have the greatest impact.

• They believed that only women needed to participate because they would be less threatening and not arrested.

This Civil Rights desegregation campaign began in southwest Georgia in the fall of 1961 and was led by Martin Luther King, Jr., the SNCC, and the NAACP. It failed to desegregate but was a valuable learning experience.

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• March on Selma Bridge

• March on Washington

• Albany Movement

He was the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. His many accomplishments include modernizing Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, starting MARTA, and helped to bring the 1996 Summer Olympic Games to Atlanta.

• Andrew Young

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Maynard Jackson

• Benjamin Mays

What was the purpose of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?

• SNCC coordinated youth led, non-violent campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism

• SNCC researched and conducted hearings to determine how Georgians felt about integrating public schools.

• SNCC was a group who used military tactics to push through integration.

• SNCC mobilized Hispanic students to boycott the segregation of public transportation.