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List at least two things that were legally segregated in the South based on Plessy v. Ferguson. (p. 747)
What doctrine was established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)? (p.747)
Although Jim Crow laws enforced segregation in the South, segregation in the North based on custom and tradition was
known as ________________. (p. 747)
True / False Brown v. Topeka Board of Education was not the first Supreme Court case that the NAACP was involved in.
(p. 747)
Where type of businesses did the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) attempt to desegregate using the practice of “sit-ins”?
(p. 748)
What was the name of the NAACP attorney that represented Linda Brown in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,
Kansas? (p. 748 and 750)
According to the Supreme Court, which Constitutional Amendment was being violated by the public schools of Topeka,
Kansas by not allowing Linda Brown to attend school? (p. 748)
What was the name of the 26 year old pastor that was elected to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott? (p. 749)
What type of resistance were the protestors in the Montgomery Bus Boycott asked to use? (p. 750)
The techniques used by the protestors in Montgomery were based on the teachings of what leader from India? (p. 750)
True / False The Civil Rights Movement depended on African American churches for organization and financial support. (p.
750)
What were two major goals of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)? (p. 750)
What did Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus order the National Guard to do at Little Rock Central High School in September,
1957? (p. 752)
What new technology of the 1950s enabled the situation in Little Rock, Arkansas to become a national news story? (p. 752)
What elite group did President Eisenhower send into Little Rock, Arkansas to ensure the desegregation of Central High
School? (p. 752)
What 15th Amendment right did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 attempt to protect for African Americans? (p. 752)
What was the name of the Senate majority leader (from Texas) who was instrumental in getting the Civil Rights Act of 1957
passed? (p. 752)
What city did the sit-in movement begin? (753)
Who urged students to create their own organization and what was this organization? (754)
Who challenged the legality of a separated Democratic Party? (754)
T/F Whites and blacks made up the Freedom Riders. (755)
Why did John F. Kennedy not uphold his promise to actively support the civil rights movement? (755)
What deal did President Kennedy make with Senator Eastland of Mississippi? (756)
What event caused the civil rights issue to drop out of the news? (756)
Why did Martin Luther King launch demonstrations in Birmingham, Al, knowing they would provoke a violent response?
What event built momentum for civil rights legislation? (758)
What powers did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 give the federal government? (759)
T/F The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended voter discrimination? (759)
What city became the focal point for the campaign for voting rights? (759)
What event marked a turning point in the civil rights movement? (760)
What types of jobs did African Americans in the cities have? (p. 762)
What was the catalyst for the Watts Riot in August 1965? (p. 762)
What were the duties of the Kerner Commission? (p. 763)
The Kerner Commission believed that ________ and __________ were to blame for the problems of the inner city. (p. 763)
T/F President Johnson endorsed the recommendations of the Kerner Commission creating 2 million new inner city jobs and
spending 6 million on public housing. (p 763)
T/F Many African American leaders were critical of Martin Luther King’s tactics. (p. 763)
How did Dr. King and his wife call attention to the housing conditions African American families faced? (p. 763)
What did Mayor Daley promise he would do in the Chicago Movement? (p. 763)
What were a couple of the interpretations of black power? (p. 764)
Black Muslims believed African Americans should do what? (p. 764)
What did the “X” in Malcolm X stand for? (p. 764)
Who forms the Black Panthers and what did they believe in? (p. 765)
Why was Dr. King in Memphis in March/April of 1968? (p. 765)
What was the purpose of the “Poor People’s Campaign”. (p. 765)
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 ended discrimination in what area? (p. 766).