Unit 9 Civil Rights Movement

Which Supreme Court ruling found that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

How did the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. affect the Civil Rights Movement?

• The assassination fractured the movement as supporters were divided over the direction it should take.

• The assassination strengthened the movement as supporters were determined to help realize King's dream.

• The assassination led supporters of the movement to abandon efforts to pass civil rights legislation due to the belief that the battle was unwinnable.

• The assassination led to the development of more political parties

Which of the following statements BEST characterizes the impact that television had on the civil rights movement?

• Popular prime-time television shows that included African American characters in starring roles angered many white Americans and slowed progress in the civil rights movement

• News coverage of demonstrations, particularly police violence toward demonstrators, helped many white Americans turn their sympathies toward the civil rights

• News coverage of demonstrations, complicated the routine functioning of daily life, caused many white Americans to further resent blacks.

• Popular prime-time television shows that included likable black characters helped many white Americans relate to African Americans and demand improvements in their civil rights.

César Chávez and Dolores Huerta formed the United Farm Workers to alleviate which of the following conditions?

• migrant farm workers suffering from no benefits, low pay, and bad conditions

• migrant farm workers suffering from physical abuse from government officials

• farm owners suffering from high government taxes

• farm owners suffering from high incorporation fees

What was the primary focus of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society?

• improving the quality of life in the United States

• increasing the size and strength of the American

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• expanding the global influence in the United States

• reforming the tax code so that it favored the working class

What is the student who wrote down these notes studying?

• the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• the decision in Brown v. Board of Education

• the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Dr. Martin Luther King & 200,000 DEMONSTRATORS PRESSURE CONGRESS TO PASS NEW CIVIL RIGHTS LAW in the

• Topeka, Kansas

• The March on Washington

• Gulf on Tonkin

• Montogmery Bus Boycott

Supreme Court ruled that the "separate but equal" concept was constitutional. used to justify Jim Crow laws & other acts of segregation.

• Jim Crow Laws

• Plessy v Ferguson 1896

• Lynching

• Brown v The Board of Education 1954

fought for issues of working conditions for agricultural workers and founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. Since the majority of agricultural workers were Mexican Americans, the issue of immigration and Latino rights were closely associated.

• Cesar Chavez

• Vicente Fox

• Canelo Alvarez

• Oscar De La Hoya

Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote on April 16, 1963. In the letter, King defended the nonviolent protests that he participated in for the fight against racial injustice

• Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)

• Letter from Birmingham Jail

• Little Rock Nine (1957)

• Freedom Rides