Lesson 2

Question 1

Freedom Rides

Answer 1

C.O.R.E. organized a series of protests called the freedom rides in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the South .

Question 2

J.F.K.

Answer 2

Won the election of 1960

Question 3

March on Washington

Answer 3

A massive demonstration for civil rights

Question 4

Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer 4

Quickly sworn in as president

Question 5

Civil rights Act of 1964

Answer 5

The act banned segregation in public places

Question 6

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer 6

Gave the federal government new powers to protect African American’s voting rights

Question 7

Great Society

Answer 7

Program of domestic reforms that he called the Great Society

Question 8

Black Power

Answer 8

Movement which called for African American independence, Stokely Carmichael

Question 9

Malcolm X

Answer 9

Helped inspire Black Power movement

Question 10

What was the New Frontier program ?

Answer 10

1. Higher minimum wage and tax cuts to help simulate economic growth
2. New spending on the military and space program and new programs to help unemployed
3. Financial help to public schools

Question 11

March to Selma, Alabama

Answer 11

1. March 7- 25 1965

2. Three marches from Selma to Montgomery