Chapter 29 section 3

How had the focus of the Civil Right movement changed?

• Shifted from voting rights to transportation rights

• Expanded to include Northern discrimination

• Shifted from violent to nonviolent

• Shifted from AA rights to migrant workers rights

What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?

• Testing to see if voting rights were really integrated

• Testing to see if BA could buy a bus ticket

• Testing to see if transportation was really integrated

• Testing to see if BA really no longer had to sit in the back of the bus

Despite the violence and threats, how were the Freedom Rides successful?

• New rules were created and enforced regarding interstate travel and racial discrimination.

• Martin Luther King Jr. gained fame from this protest.

• Attention was called to the problem of discrimination in inter state travel.

• Malcolm X gained fame from this protest.

What major accomplishment did James Meredith achieve?

• First BA graduate of the University of Alabama

• First BA to be elected to Congress

• First BA graduate of the University of Mississippi

• First BA graduate of a white high school

Why did MLK and SCLC organize the March on Washington

• To protest the segregation in transportation

• To protest the segregation in education

• To support JFK's Civil Rights Bill

• To support the Freedom Riders

What was the purpose of Freedom Summer?

• To help get more BA into white high schools

• To help BA voters get registered to vote

• To help enforce the laws end segregation in transportation

• To end poverty among BAs in urban areas

Was Freedom Summer successful? (2 correct answers)

• Yes. Many new voters were registered.

• No. Not many AAs were registered to vote.

• No. Transportation was still segregated.

• Yes. It led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Once Malcolm X softened his approach to civil rights, what was his goal?

• Whites and Blacks to live separately

• A White and Black brotherhood

• More education for Blacks

• Including more Whites in the Civil Right Movement

Who was the chief organizer of the Black Power Movement?

• Medgar Evers

• Malcolm X

• Stokely Carmichael

• Martin Luther King Jr.

This group took a more aggressive, less nonviolent approach to seeking rights for Black Americans.

• Black Panther Party

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

• Congress for Racial Equality