WorksheetsHomework Check 16.3
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Match the following
After Malcom X broke with the ___________ of Islam, he continued to criticize the organization and was eventually killed by some of its members.
Nation
Despite the passage of several civil rights laws in the 1950s and 1960s, __________ - prejudice or discrimination toward people because of their race - was still common in American society.
racism
After his pilgrimage to Makkah, ____________ concluded that an integrated society was possible.
Malcolm X
The "X" in Malcolm X's name stood as a symbol for the family name of his ____________ ancestors who had been enslaved
African
In the 1950s and 1960s, ____________ trapped many African Americans in inner cities.
poverty
The Kerner Commission blamed the problems of inner cities on
violence.
overpopulation.
poverty.
racism.
The Chicago Movement was an attempt to call attention to the
riot during the Democratic National Convention in 1968.
Kerner Commission's recommendation to create two million inner-city jobs.
deplorable housing conditions many African American families faced.
efforts being made to improve African American neighborhoods.
When the Supreme Court ordered school districts to end school segregation "with all deliberate speed," the wording was vague enough that many districts were able to
appeal the brown v Board of Education ruling.
plan a protest march outside the Supreme Court building.
keep their schools segregated for many more years.
use the "Southern Manifesto" to defy the Supreme Court.
What group called for an end to racial oppression and for control of major institutions in the African American community?
SNCC
CORE
Black Muslims
Black Panthers
