The Widening Struggle and the Civil Rights Movement

What popular form of nonviolent protest originated in Greensboro, North Carolina?

• worker strikes

• picket lines

• boycotts

• sit-ins

The Montgomery bus boycott was an example of what type of political protest?

• judicial activism

• legislative appeal

• violent uprising

• non-violent resistance

How did President Eisenhower respond to the integration crisis in Little Rock?

• He sent federal troops to protect African American students.

• He made an executive order to ban all school segregation.

• He refused to interfere in the Little Rock integration efforts.

• He ordered the arrest of all protesters supporting segregation.

Why did civil rights laws take so long to pass through Congress?

• Northern legislators were uninterested in civil rights issues.

• Southern legislators were uninterested in civil rights issues.

• Northern legislators worked to delay and obstruct the laws.

• Southern legislators worked to delay and obstruct the laws.

What famous attorney became the first black Supreme Court Justice?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Stokely Carmichael

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm Little

What did the group called the Gray Panthers speak out against?

• gender inequality

• mistreatment of animals

• lack of health education in cities

• discrimination based on age

With their “model minority” label, Asian Americans were considered proof that...

• ethnic differences were no barrier to success in America.

• gender differences were no barrier to success in America.

• physical differences were no barrier to success in America.

• economic differences were no barrier to success in America.

Why did Martin Luther King Jr. want to protest in Birmingham?

• He believed that no physical harm would come to the protesters.

• He thought that the city police would allow the marches to happen.

• He knew that the police officials would respond with brutality.

• He wanted to encourage a violent uprising throughout the city.

What was the result of the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• It allowed for “separate but equal” public accommodations.

• It forced all private accommodations to be “separate but equal.”

• It ended segregation in housing by outlawing racial zoning.

• It outlawed marriage between the different racial groups.

Who was the first openly gay candidate to win office in a major American city?

• Bobby Kent

• Randy Blake

• Harvey Milk

• Aaron Davidson