Nonviolence was a crucial element in the protests of the Civil Rights movement for all these reasons EXCEPT
it prevented the protesters from destruction of property and similar illegal acts
it was supported by important historical precedents
it won and held the sympathy of the general public
it gave the protesters the full protection of the First Amendment
it contrasted with the violent methods of the segregationists
Which was NOT among Arkansas governor Orval Faubus responses to federal orders to desegregate the state's public schools?
He posted the Arkansas National Guard at Little Rock High School to bar African-American students from entering
He closed down Little Rock public schools for the 1958-1959 school year
He petitioned the White House to overturn Brown w. Board of Education.
He worked with others to establish private schools for white students
He spoke out publicly against forced integration.
Which statement does NOT characterize the sit-ins of the early 1960s?
the sit-ins were intended to desegregate lunch counters throughout the South
The protesters remained in their seats for hours at a time when they were refused service.
segregationists jeered at the protesters, threw things at them, and physically attacked them
The Supreme Court repeatedly upheld the legality of the the sit-ins
The sit-ins were the result of careful planning by experienced leaders of the Civil Rights movement.
Which is not one provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
It made segregation illegal in all public places.
It overturned state laws forbidding marriage between African Americans and whites
It banned racial, gender, religious, and ethnic discrimination by any employer
It allowed the federal government to sue public school systems that did not comply with integration.
It outlawed the creation of certain petty obstacles to voting in federal elections.
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is especially symbolic in U.S. history for all these reasons EXCEPT
King invoked the Declaration of Independence at the speech's climax
King spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, thus invoking the Emancipation Proclamation
King alluded to Marian Anderson's historic 1939 concert
King's appearance drew a huge, racially mixed audience of supporters of the Civil Rights movement
King expressed his intention to run for president of the United States
What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides of 1961?
to fund the legal defense of people arrested when they defied the segregated-seating policies on buses
to protest the school busing movement that arose from attempts to integrate the public school system
to force the interstate bus companies to abandon their whites-only hiring policies
to integrate facilities in bus terminals on interstate bus routes
to transport volunteers to the South to help register black voters
Which best describes the effect of the Black Power movement on the American middle class?
The movement alienated the sympathy of the middle class.
The movement was largely made up of middle-class people.
The movement reinvigorated the support of the middle class.
The movement angered the middle class by excluding women.
The movement turned racial hostility into class warfare.
What was the significance of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott of the 1950s?
It led to a Supreme Court decision that segregation on public transit was unconstitutional.
It was the first major legal victory of the movement.
It directly inspired the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
It provoked Alabama segregationists into acts of illegal violence.
It was responsible for desegregating public places.
Whose writings and philosophy were the primary influences on Martin Luther King's doctrine of nonviolent protest?
Buddha
Confucius
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohammed
Joseph Stalin
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in response to
police violence against peaceful protesters in Selma, Alabama
the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
incumbent president lyndon Johnson's defeat of Senator Barry Goldwater
the formation of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
a wave of race riots in Detroit, Los Angeles, and Newark
Which is NOT one step President Harry Truman took to show his support for civil rights?
He integrated the U.S. military.
He ended racial segregation in the federal bureaucracy.
He signed the GI Bill of Rights into law.
He signed the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act into law.
He ordered the desegregation of the public schools.
All of the following prominent African Americans played major roles in the Civil Rights movement EXCEPT
Medgar Evers
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Jesse Jackson
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
What role did baseball's hiring of Jackie Robinson play in the Civil Rights movement?
It provided a working example of integration to the general public on an everyday basis.
It proved that African Americans were great athletes and great sportsmen.
It placed baseball's notorious antitrust exemption in jeopardy.
It equalized conditions between the major leagues and the Negro League
It marked the first participation of black athletes on a U.S. Olympic team.
In Brown w Board of Education, the Supreme Court decided that
the public school system could remain segregated as long as black schools continued to be equal in facilities to the white schools
segregation could not be permitted in any educational institution in the United States
African-American schools must be improved until they were truly equal to white schools
all aspects of the U.S. government and the individual state governments must be desegregated, including the school system
segregation in the public schools was unconstitutional, inherently discriminatory, and actively harmful to African Americans
Which best explains why many Black Muslims changed their names during the 1960s?
They were determined to win the right to vote.
They wanted to show their pride in their African ancestry.
Islam required its adherents to take Arabic names
Their old names had originally been those of their enslaved ancestors masters.
They did not believe in nonviolent resistance to oppression
Why did the Black Panthers and the Black Power movement break away from the Civil Rights movement?
They believed that the Republican Party would better represent their interests.
They believed that the time for peaceful resistance had passed.
They did not support the programs of the Great Society.
They were outraged over the U.S. military's treatment of black soldiers and sailors.
They resented the national attention being given to the women's movement.
