Civil Rights Movement

About how many people showed up to the "March on Washington?"

• 250,000

• 1 million

• 100,000

• 450

After John F. Kennedy was assassinated, ____________________ pushed for Civil Rights legislation.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Calvin Coolidge

• Ronald Reagan

• George W. Bush

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 _________________________.

• prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, etc.

• ensured fair housing laws in the south

• freed Malcom X from prison

• prohibited northern cities from electing African-Americans to positions of leadership.

MLK was famous for starting a famous voting rights campaign in ________________ Alabama.

• Selma

• Mobile

• Montgomery

• Tuscaloosa

A major voting rights act was passed in ________________.

• 1965

• 1962

• 1970

• 1968

de fact segregation is....

• segregation by custom and tradition

• segregation by law

The most famous member of the "Nation of Islam" was

• Malcom X

• Stokely Carmichael

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Hank Williams

Which of the following would Stokely Carmichael most likely support?

• "Black Power"

• Exclusively non-violent protest

• creating a community that blended black and white culture

• the tactics of Martin Luther King Jr.