Ch. 13: The Civil Rights Movement

Malcolm X argued that African Americans should

• work for social and political independence.

• support efforts to achieve equality through the political process.

• embrace integration as the best means to achieve equality.

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech

• at the March on Washington.

• from a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama.

• at the Voting Rights March in Selma, Alabama.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded by

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Jo Ann Robinson.

• Linda Brown.

President Johnson called his program of domestic reforms the

• Great Society.

• Fair Deal.

• Great Deal.

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was created to

• continue the peaceful struggle for civil rights.

• protect African American students at Central High School.

• protest the arrest of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Montgomery bus boycott ended

• when the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public transportation was illegal.

• when the Supreme Court ruled that separate-but-equal buses has to be provided for African Americans.

• when Montgomery's mayor finally agreed to integrate the bus system.

Betty Friedan became a leader of the modern women's right movement in 1966 when she

• helped found the National Organization for Women.

• became the first woman to run for vice president.

• established the group Disabled in Action.

On Sept. 4, 1957, the Little Rock Nine were prevented from integrating Central High School

• when Arkansas governor Orval Faubus used National Guard troops to block the students from entering the school.

• when Congress passed legislation barring forced desegregation of public schools.

• when African American civil rights leaders stopped them out of fear for their safety.

Stokely Carmichael was a founder of the

• Black Power movement.

• United Farm Workers.

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

The Freedom Rides were repeatedly disrupted by attacks from white mobs.

• True

• False