Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam

Question 1

Civil Rights Act

Answer 1

all accommodations-segregation is illegal
Lyndon Johnson got this passed)
can’t refuse anything to black people-breaking the law
cornerstone of the Great Society

Question 2

Voting Rights Act

1965

Answer 2

put a penalty on denying people due to race/religion

eliminated the literacy test and provided that federal(not state) examiners must register qualified voters

Question 3

CORE

Answer 3

congress of racial equality

direct but not violent technique (core is sponsor) and was called a freedom ride

Question 4

War on Poverty

Answer 4

other cornerstone of the Great Society

Question 5

Sit-Ins

Answer 5

sitting quietly all day long ignoring people who taunt them

Question 6

Freedom Riders

Answer 6

name of their technique

Question 7

HUD

Answer 7

(department of housing and urban development) headed by Robert Weaver- new federal department

Question 8

Black Power

Answer 8

development of black owned businesses in black communities, local control of schools in black communities