Civil Rights Movements

"This calls for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one's tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all men." 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr 

Based on the quote, what is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talking about?    

• using armed force to gain housing

• different races to fight against discrimination together

• a call to maintain the values system in the US

• asking for the March on Washington to be on tv

"We want freedom now, but we're not going to get it saying 'We Shall Overcome.' We've got to fight until we overcome." 

Malcolm X, 1964 

What belief of Malcolm X is shown in this quote?

• Civil disobedience is the most effective means on change

• Education and workplace equality should come before legal rights

• African Americans could not achieve equality through nonviolence alone

• Speeches by African Americans were increasing their rights

How did the Black Panthers differ from the NAACP?

• Black Panthers were against racial segregation in public

• Black Panthers repeatedly filed lawsuits in federal courts

• Black Panthers were prepared to use weapons

• Black Panthers tried to repeal the 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms

How does the image promote the Black Panthers idea of "Black Power?"

• Their actions led to increased cooperation with police

• The developed programs to help their communities

• They opposed integrated schools

• They encouraged outright violence

Based on the image what can be inferred about the Freedom Rides?

• White college students traveled to southern states to protest integration

• Young, white Americans supported equal rights for African Americans

• Freedom Riders were prepared to use violence if needed

• Americans roade buses into the cities to prevent integration

 “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” 

—Opinion of the Supreme Court, Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 

Which constitutional phrase was used as justification

to overturn the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling?

• protection against double jeopardy

• freedom of speech

• equal protection of the law

• right of assembly

What was an impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• lowered the voting age to 18

• protected African American suffrage

• increased women's rights with the Equal Rights Amendment

• extended Brown v Board of Education to all public places

Which Civil Rights Movement "Event" did Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?

• Albany Movement

• March on Washington

• Birmingham Bus Boycott

• Selma to Montgomery March

"We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal..."

This quotation illustrates the action of the supreme court to-

• uphold the decision in Plessy V. Ferguson

• Overturn the decision in Plessy V. Ferguson

• create job training for unemployed African Americans

• provide for educational funding for African Americans

What did the National Organization of Women (NOW) see as its major goal in the 1960's?

• obtaining the right for women to vote

• laws that would allow women to own property

• guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work

• enabling women to stay at home and be housewives