Af-Am B Unit 6 Quiz Review

The Civil Rights Act also created which agency?

• Fair Housing Authority

• Department of Education

• Commission on Civil Rights

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

What is gerrymandering?

• Manipulating political boundaries to favor one party

• Opposing a political party

• Manipulating political boundaries to create equality

• Voting in an election where everyone votes for a representative

One of the driving forces behind the black power movement was to redefine separate but equal as a way to be powerful rather than victimized. As a result, when SNCC moved toward embracing the black power movement, what did they do?

• Tried to balance the number of white and black members

• Worked toward complete segregation

• Kicked out white members

• Tried to infiltrate the existing government

If you were white and middle class in the 1960s, why might you be more likely to avoid the draft than an African American man?

• There was an exemption for college students

• It's more likely you would have already volunteered for military services

• You could pay to buy your way out of the draft

• There was an exemption if you had a sibling

What does a segregationist believe?

• People of different races should be separated

• Discrimination should not be tolerated

• People of all races are equal

• All schools should be integrated

In what kind of elections does everyone vote for a representative, not just people in affected districts?

• Grassroots election

• National election

• Gerrymandering election

• At-large election

Many white Americans, and Southerners in particular, were uncomfortable with the fact that segregation was no longer legal, so Southern elected officials signed the Southern Manifesto, which promised to do what?

• To move the nation's capital to the South

• To end segregation

• To use federal funds to enforce integration

• To preserve the Southern way of life

The Black Panther Party strongly believed that the only way forward was to overthrow the government, which aligns with what political ideology?

• Democracy

• Socialism

• Marxism

• Totalitarianism

African Americans could not attend the same schools as white people or live in the same neighborhoods. What inequality did these forms of segregation highlight for African Americans?

• Separate was not equal

• There is a difference between urban and rural places

• As long as they had their own schools they had equal opportunities

• They had to take longer bus rides

On what grounds did Brown v. Board of Education argue that the "separate but equal" idea was invalid for public education?

• Separate but equal schools cost twice as much

• Separating children on the basis of race creates a feeling of inferiority

• If African American children aren't taught by white teachers it perpetuates segregation

• Separating children on the basis of race goes against the Constitution.