Civil Rights Movement Flashcards
Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was a defense of nonviolent protest
True
Pres. Kennedy made a deal that allowed the Freedom Riders to be arrested in Mississippi if the authorities prevented violence against
True
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in favor of using children in the demonstrations in Birmingham
True
The “X” in Malcolm X’s name stood as a symbol for the family name of his African ancestors who had been enslaved
True
In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African American
Organized a bus boycott
CORE successfully integrated many restaurants by using
Sit-ins
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., drew on the philosophy and techniques of
Mohandas Gandhi
In Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent African American students from entering a white high school by
Deploying the National Guard
The organization founded by students civil rights activist was
SNCC
Dr. King selected Selma, Alabama for a protest March because
African Americans were the majority, but only a fraction were registered to vote
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., believed the way to end segregation was through
Nonviolent passive resistance
When first established, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference set out to
End segregation and encourage African Americans to register to vote
SNCC’s Voter Education Project focused on
Rural areas of the Deep South
The Freedom Riders were organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to
Integrate bus terminals
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did little to
Guarantee the right to vote
After the pilgrimage to Makkah, Malcolm X concluded that
An integrated society was possible
Rosa Parks’ actions on the bus, as described in the passage above, were significant because they
Spurred forward the civil rights movement
The speech by Martin Luther King Junior reveals his commitment to
The right to protest granted by American democracy
The Civil rights Act of 1964 was significant because it
Gave the government broad powers to prevent prejudice
This man was not practicing Martin Luther King’s tactics of
Nonviolent protest
What is meant by “black power,” in the passage above and in the era the phrase was coined
African-Americans should be proud of their heritage
Physical self-defense and even violence is an option for African Americans
African Americans’ should take control their destiny
The ( ) doctrine allowed segregation as long as equal facilities were provided for African Americans
Separate-but-equal
The ( ) traveled into the South by bus to test compliance with laws outlawing segregation in interstate bus service
Freedom Riders
The militant African American group called the ( ) believed that a revolution was necessary in the United States to gain equal rights
Black Panthers
Many children were killed in the bombing of the 16th St., Baptist Church
4
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Memphis, Tennessee
Male after of SNCC who believed in black power
Stokely Carmichael
Found in a river in Mississippi so brutally beaten that he was identified by a ring he was wearing
Emitt Till
Symbol of the Black power movement
Malcolm X
First African American student to attend the University of Mississippi
James Meredith
NAACP’s chief counsel
Thurgood Marshall
