Post WW2 & Civil Rights

The purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to _____________.

• To prevent discrimination on the basis of sex and race in hiring, promoting, and firing.

• To allow public protests against discrimination based on race and sex.

• To allow businesses to hire who they wanted regardless of sex or race.

An example of Lester Maddox's segregationist activities is ______________.

• Appointing many Black people to government positions.

• Hosting "little people's days".

• Forcefully removing Blacks from his restaurant.

One of Georgia's governors openly opposed to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which one?

• Lester Maddox

• Jimmy Carter

• John Lewis

Who was the Civil Rights leader served as a U.S. Representative, chaired the SNCC, and was a keynote speaker at the 1963 March on Washington?

• John Lewis

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Maynard Jackson

Who was the president that signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech during

• the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• the March on Washington.

• the 1998 Summer Olympics.

What group was leading the Albany Movement?

• Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

• Protectors of the Flag (POF)

• Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee (SNCC)

Martin Luther King, Jr. believe people should change laws... how?

• Through non-violent, direct action.

• By destroying property.

• By waiting patiently without action.

How did Martin Luther King, Jr. believe people should change laws?

• Through non-violent, direct action.

• By destroying property.

• By waiting patiently without action.

Explain the Sibley Commission?

• A committee that developed research for the Brown v. Board of Education hearing.

• A committee that investigated what should be done about school integration in the state.

• A committee that worked on the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.