USHC Unit 7 Section 1 #2 - Wilson HS

What was the 1964 project to register African Americans to vote in Mississippi, plagued with violence and murder?

• Birmingham Campaign

• Freedom Summer

• Freedom March

• Selma March

What was the 1965 protest of African Americans in Alabama who marched to Montgomery for greater voting rights, this protest was marked by violence?

• Birmingham Campaign

• Freedom Summer

• Freedom March

• Selma March

What federal legislation banned the use of literacy tests and provided the federal government with greater power to oversee voter registration in the United States?

• 24th Amendment

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Title IX

What is the militant ideology of the 1960s and 1970s that urged African Americans should focus on creating economic, social, and political power on their own, rather than seeking integration into white society?

• Black Power

• Zionism

• Pan-Africanism

• Neo-Africanism

Who is credited with coining the concept of "Black Power"?

• Marcus Garvey

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Stokely Carmichael

• Medgar Evers

Who was the notable figure of the Black Power Movement, a leader within the Nation of Islam, who advocated that African Americans should pursue "black separatism"?

• Marcus Garvey

• Stokely Carmichael

• Huey Newton

• Malcolm X

What notable African American organization was known both for its militant characteristics and for its to provide services to the urban poor and to protect them from police brutality?

• Black Panthers

• Guardian Angels

• Nation of Islam

• Black Lives Matter

Which Supreme Court decision declared that the "separate but equal" doctrine was unconstitutional and could not be applied to public education?

• Engel v. Vitale

• Bethel School District v. Fraser

• West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnett

• Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education overturned the "separate but equal" clause that was established but what previous Supreme Court decision?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Scott v. Sanford

• Wincester v. Georgia

What federal legislation officially outlaws segregation in all public places and employment discrimination?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 22nd Amendment

• 24th Amendment