Unit 12 Test Remediation: Anthony 2 (7)

Which of the following statements BEST describes the impact that a new development had on this debate?

• Those who listened to the debate on the radio thought that Nixon won, but those who watched it on TV thought that Kennedy won

• Because of increased rural electrification, more Americans than ever were able to listen to the candidates debate on the radio

• Those who listened to the debate on the radio thought that Kennedy won, but those who watched it on TV thought that Nixon won

• Because of the threat of nuclear war with Russia, Americans could not use electricity in the evening and did not watch the debate

Which of the following statements BEST characterizes the impact that TV had on the Civil Rights Movement?

• news coverage of demonstrations, particularly those that disrupted the peace and complicated the routine functioning of daily life, caused many white Americans to further resent African Americans

• popular prime-time TV shows that included African American characters in starring roles angered many white Americans and slowed progress in the Civil Rights Movement for several years

• popular prime-time TV shows that included likable African American characters helped many white Americans relate to African Americans and demand improvements in their Civil Rights

• news coverage for demonstrations, particularly police violence toward demonstrators, helped many white Americans turn their sympathies toward the Civil Rights of African Americans

Which statement describes the MAIN impact TV had on the Vietnam War?

• it failed to have an impact since the news focused mainly on Civil Rights issues

• it allowed American soldiers to send messages back home to loved ones

• it caused many Americans to stop supporting the war in Vietnam

• it discredited the anti-war protesters by showing American military successes

What was the significance of the Freedom Summer?

• it signaled the end of school segregation in Alabama, Virginia, and South Carolina

• it was an attempt by volunteers to register African American voters in Mississippi

• it resulted in the arrest of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, Alabama

• it was the first time an African American labor union was established

What was the purpose of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the early years of the Civil Rights Era?

• it replaced the NAACP as the dominant Civil Rights group

• it was a "whites only" organization created to keep whites in political power

• to provide more militant leadership to combat racism

• it coordinated students around the South in resisting segregation laws

Which of the following shows a CORRECT pairing of Civil Rights group and its key idea?

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) = "black power" and militant protest

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) = sit-ins at segregated lunch counters

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) = lawsuits to challenge segregation laws

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

"In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were [making] a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as whitemen, would be guaranteed the 'unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.' It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this [promise] insofar as her citizens of color ar concerned."

Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1968

The focus of this passage from Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech was his belief that

• Americans had become blind to racial differences.

• Civil Rights for African Americans would always be a dream.

• violence was often necessary for the protection of civil liberties.

• equal rights for all were guaranteed by the founders of this nation.