Unit 5 Civil Rights Test Review

Which method of influencing political decision making led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• The ballot, as African Americans voted politicians who opposed integration out of office and supported politicians who favored integration.

• Interest groups that organized and lobbied politicians to change the laws.

• The power of public opinion, as millions watched televised news reports of police controlling civil rights demonstrators with attack dogs and fire hoses even after the bombing of a church.

• Freedom fighters who organized squads of violent protesters to challenge laws promoting segregation.

Lester Maddox surprised many Georgians in his role as governor because:

• he campaigned to cut government spending and then increased spending for education.

• he promised that he would lower taxes if he was elected, but he approved several tax increases.

• he fought to keep the white primary system, but he ordered the state university system to integrate.

• he was a segregationist who appointed many African Americans to government positions.

Why was the Albany Movement unable to fully achieve its desegregation goals?

• It focused on using the political process rather than protests to create change.

• The use of violence by some of its members alienated moderate supporters.

• The movement lacked organization and leadership and quickly dissolved.

• The organizers tried to accomplish too many goals at once.

Which Civil Rights organization was created to promote voter registration throughout the South?

• SNCC ( Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)

• SCLC ( Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

• AM ( Albany Movement)

• NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

Which organization created by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was designed to hold sit-ins, marches and boycotts?

• SNCC ( Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)

• SCLC ( Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

• AM ( Albany Movement)

• NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

Which individual joined Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., in the nonviolent civil rights movement for social change?

• Malcolm X

• Lester Maddox

• Stokely Carmichael

• John Lewis

Which action of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. included his "I Have a Dream" speech and led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• the march from Selma to Montgomery

• The Birmingham Jail Letters

• The March on Washington

• The Albany Movement

Which approach was NOT part of Dr. Martin L. King's plan to gain equality and civil rights for all citizens?

• Economic boycotts of businesses that did not treat all citizens fairly.

• Legal actions against individuals and businesses that violated the civil rights of individuals based on race.

• Direct and nonviolent actions such as marches, protests, and demonstrations.

• Aggressive pursuit of black power through protests, riots, demonstrations, and political organization.

What court ruling caused the state of GA to change their 1956 state flag to include the Confederate Battle Flag?

• Brown vs. the Board of Education

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Worchester vs. Georgia

• Roe vs. Wade

What was the recommendation of the Sibley Commission, created in 1960 as a response to the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?

• The state government should resist federal efforts to force integration

• Counties should accept the state governments demand that they should integrate

• Counties should be able to determine for themselves whether to integrate

• The state government should force counties to begin the process of integration