USH Unit 9

Today it is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his environment. In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.

-Earl Warren

The above text would be evidence for:

• the passage of Johnson’s Great Society.

• the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

• the funding for Kennedy’s New Frontier program.

• the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke decision.

Which figure is associated with the location and event in the picture?

• Strom Thurmond

• George Wallace

• Orval Faubus

• Bull Conner

"We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be

given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring

into existence by any means necessary"

-Malcolm X

Which inference can be made from the statement by Malcolm X?

• If necessary, violence could be used to force change.

• If necessary, African Americans would leave the country.

• If necessary, African Americans could vote as a united group.

• If necessary, the courts would bring suits against segregationists.

Clinton High School, TN is important in civil rights history because of its struggle to

• desegregate its student body.

• establish affirmative action quotas.

• recover from a bombing by the KKK.

• organize the Freedom Rides for voting rights.

“Early morning, April four

Shot rings out in the Memphis sky

Free at last, they took your life

They could not take your pride…”

From “Pride – In the Name of Love” by U2, 1984

The song above was a tribute to

• Malcolm X.

• John F. Kennedy.

• James Meredith.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in

Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice

everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow,

provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an

outsider anywhere within its bounds.

-“Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In the passage, King uses this idea to refute the

• complaint that civil rights activists are “outside agitators.”

• shared characteristics of large urban areas in the South.

• travel and ministry of the Apostle Paul in biblical times.

• effectiveness of nonviolent protest in different cities.

The intent of the civil rights legislation passed in 1964, 1965, and 1968 was to

• prohibit gerrymandering of congressional districts.

• establish affirmative action quotas in federal employment.

• force changes in the welfare system, medicare, and social security.

• end discrimination in hiring, voting, and segregating public facilities.

“Second Wave” feminists of the 1970’s and 1980’s were most interested in achieving

• voting rights.

• equal rights and pay.

• universal health care.

• tax breaks for single parents.

The Chicano Movement and the work of Cesar Chavez focused mainly on

• reforming immigration policies.

• ending segregation in public facilities.

• providing equal access to good schools.

• improving working conditions for farm laborers.

The Black Power movement originated from the Civil Rights activist

• Malcolm X

• Dr. MLK Jr.

• Stokely Carmichael

• WEB DuBois