Civil Rights

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created in 1957 with the PRIMARY purpose of

• urging people to turn in suspected communists.

• converting people in the American south to Christianity.

• defeating the Democratic Party in the Presidential election of 1960.

• coordinating non-violent protests to segregation and discrimination.

Which measure eliminated literacy tests, which often disqualified potential voters?

• 24th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

What was the purpose of “SNCC” during the early years of the Civil Rights era?

• to provide more militant leadership to combat racism

• it replaced the NAACP as the dominant Civil Rights era

• it coordinated students around the south in resisting segregation laws

• it was a “whites only” organization created to keep whites in political power in the South

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

• surface compliance

Important Events in the Civil Rights Movement

Lunch Counter Sit-ins

Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

According to this timeline, which event below should go in the blank provided?

• Freedom Riders

• Voting Rights Act

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Brown v. Board of Education

How did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) differ from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?

• SNCC wanted to use more confrontational strategies.

• SCLC was not influenced by the leadership of Dr. King.

• SCLC felt that college students were too young to participate.

• SNCC was satisfied with the rate of progress made in civil rights.

The purpose of the 1964 Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi was

• to protest the escalation of the Vietnam War.

• to help and encourage blacks to become registered voters.

• to persuade the all state legislatures to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

• to force the University of Mississippi to allow African-Americans to attend classes.