Civil Rights

Question 1

Truman

Answer 1

Integrates armed forces

Question 2

Eisenhower

Answer 2

Sent federal troops to Central High School in Little Rock

Question 3

John F. Kennedy

Answer 3

Uses presidency (justice department) to enforce civil rights

Question 4

Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer 4

Voting rights act of 1965 provides federal supervision in southern states and counties

Question 5

The Jones Act

Answer 5

Grants U.S. citizenship to Puerto Rico

Question 6

Immigration+Nationality Act of 1965

Answer 6

Ended origin quotas

Question 7

Bracero Program

Answer 7

Cheap legal labor

Question 8

Operation Wetback

Answer 8

Rounding them up (illegal or legal) and sent back to Mexico

Question 9

American Indians

Answer 9

Use court system to gain right

Question 10

SNCC tested

Answer 10

(1) 30 bombings
(2) 35 shootings
(3) 80 beatings
(4) resentment towards white volunteers

Question 11

Birmingham was a popular location for civil rights activists

Answer 11

(1) heavy African American population
(2) most segregated big city in America
(3) steel industry- segregated black workers
(4) needed new momentum

Question 12

Case of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner

Answer 12

Brings focus on racism

Question 13

Medgar Evers

Answer 13

Shot hours after JFK’s civil rights speech

Question 14

Morgan v. Virginia

Answer 14

desegregates interstate buses

Question 15

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 15

limited “all deliberate speed”