Unit 8 quiz review

What was the purpose of the "Freedom Rides" in Mississippi?

• To expand jim crow laws across america

• End segregation of school buses

• End segregation of buses in the south

• To enforce more voter prevention laws

Mexican American, who are a non-white minority, were discriminated in which way?

• By being required to use separate public areas/ facilities

• By being forced into white areas of the south as a nonwhite

• Creation of segregation in buses, causing boycotts

• Mexicans were considered white and faced no discrimination

What did MLK support?

• sit ins and segregation

• boycotting and violence

• expressed violence and segregation

• civil disobedience, desegregation

What are things MLK did not agree with during the civil rights movement, that Malcolm X would agree to?

• MLK supported Malcolm X's views on economic empowerment.
• MLK agreed with Malcolm X's call for immediate action.
• MLK endorsed (helped) Malcolm X's criticism of nonviolence.

• MLK disagreed with Malcolm X's expression of violence, political compromise, and racial separatism

What organization did MLK closely work with and was photographed many times from their meeting location?

• CORE

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Student Nonviolent Organizing Committee

• Selma March

Huey P Newton created an armed self-defense and community programs, what is the name of the group who promoted racial separation

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Black Panther Party
• American Civil Liberties Union
• Nation of Islam

What are the black panthers known for?

• Their non violent tactics such as sit ins, boycotts, and marches

• Their armed self defense and community programs, as well as push for racial separation

• Their violent use of weapons causing massive causality

What event caused the the federal government to pass legislation (act or law) to prohibit (go against) in public places because they demanded the end of segregation in the south?

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Selma march

• Freedom summer

• March on Washington

In the even known as "Little rock nine" what was the issue?

• Governor Orval wanted to force white students to share textbooks with African Americans

• Governor Orval strongly supported segregation in public places and schools

• Governor Thurgood strongly supported segregation in public places and schools

• Governor Orval supported desegregation while the town did not

What did the voting rights act of 1965 help or contribute to?

• Increased voter registration and reduced discrimination at the voting polls

• Increased violence during voting polls and decreased the number of African Americans voting

• Increased voter fraud by the white americans to decrease the african american vote