Unit 10 Benchmark Quiz

Today’s Vibe?

The message of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail was...

• Equal rights for all are inalienable and guaranteed by the constitution

• Americans were colorblind to the troubles in their country

• Equality would forever remain as a "dream"

• It would take riots for there to be change

Answer explanation

King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail depicts the need for all to join together in overcoming the injustices that were happening as they were against American's rights.

Malcolm X represented what about the Civil Rights movement?

• The challenges of segregating Southern schools

• The growing divide between those who wanted to use non-violence and those who believed militant action would be needed for change

• King's criticisms of the use of Gandhian nonviolence in the White House

• The growing divide between militant groups who wanted power and the means they would go to for achieving their power

Answer explanation

Malcolm X was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam, speeches like "The Farce on Washington" and "The Ballot or the Bullet" show his discontent with the methods used by King and other Civil Rights contemporaries.

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense shared their party platform by...

• Creating a radio broadcast to share their platform to

• Posting fliers in local police department offices

• Creating a Ten Point Program to share their platform

• Discrediting other groups like SNCC and CORE

Answer explanation

The Ten Point Program was the main mission statement/platform of the Black Panther

Party for Self Defense.

What beliefs are reflected in the Black Panther Party's Ten Point Program?

• A colorblind society is the only way to realize change

• Violence is the means of making a change happen

• Given the racism faced in society, the Black community needed to organize the community to defend each other

• There would be no way of creating change in their society

Answer explanation

The Black Panther Party firmly advocated for community organizing as a means of defense!

How did Title 9 impact high school sports?

Match the following

• Increased voter turnout for Black voters

• Jim Crow Laws

• A recreation of the "Black Codes"

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Legalized abortion in the United States

• Roe v. Wade

• Ended racial segregation in public schools

• Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education accomplished…

• Allowing separate but equal facilities in public schools
• Ending racial segregation in public schools
• Promoting racial segregation in public schools
• Legalizing racial discrimination in public schools

Answer explanation

Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark victory that desegregated schools.

The goals of early pride marches were…

• To encourage people to fight against LGBTQ+ rights

• To foster community through visibility and acceptance

• To show that stereotypes are untrue and end their perpetuation

• To show that there were people who did not deserve the discriminatory treatment they received from their government and society

Answer explanation

Early Pride Marches sought to show that there were many queer Americans who deserved community and equal treatment. The aims to end discrimination and shame around their identities would be an ongoing struggle; however, these marches were an important step in enacting change.

What event changed the course of LGBTQ+ history?

• Equality March
• LGBTQ+ Day
• Stonewall Riots
• Pride Parade

Answer explanation

The uprising at Stonewall helped to empower and encourage the LGBTQ+ community in their identity.