Unit 9 Civil Rights

What would be the best title for the graphic?

• Key parts of President Johnson’s Great Society

• Organizations that fought for civil rights

• Opponents of the civil rights movement

• Government agencies created by John F. Kennedy

• Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed by Congress
• Brown v. Board of Education ruling by Supreme Court
• President Eisenhower sends troops to protect Little Rock Nine

What is the best title for the list of events shown above?

• 1. Ways Southern Democrats fought to keep segregation alive

• 1. Effects of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 1. Events leading to the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

• 1. Ways that the federal government addressed minority rights

Shirley Chisolm is famous for her work in the civil rights movement.  She is most famous for -

• working with Congress to get the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed

• working with both Republicans and Democrats to pass the Transportation Bill of 1963

• becoming the first African American woman elected to Congress

•  being the first African American to serve as an engineer at NASA

Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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What was the main result of the events referred to in these headlines?

• The growth of radical political parties on the East Coast

• The growth of insurance and welfare programs for elderly citizens

• The expansion of political and economic opportunities for minority citizens

• The expansion of economic cooperation between northern and southern states

Much like in Arkansas, there was a desegregating school controversy in other states.  This time the governor of Alabama stood in front of the University of Alabama in order to prevent African American students from entering.  This governor was -

• Oral Faubus

• George Wallace

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Lester Maddox

During the Civil Rights Era, Rosa Parks is most remembered for - 

• organizing the March on Washington for jobs and freedom

• co-founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• being arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man

• going on a hunger strike until Congress passed civil rights legislation

What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens.

• To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation.

• To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation.

• To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures.

Who was most instrumental in the event described in this headline?

• Rosa Parks

• Ella Baker

• Thurgood Marshall

• Medgar Evers

Describe the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on African American voter registration.

• It had no significant impact.

• It decreased African American voter registration.

• It significantly increased African American voter registration.

• It only affected voter registration in the Northern states.

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