Challenges and Changes of the Civil Rights movement

Question 1

By 1965, what happened

Answer 1

Civil Rights groups began to drift apart. The attention turned to the north

Question 2

De Facto Segregation

Answer 2

Segregation that exists by practice and custon

Question 3

De Facto Segregation

Answer 3

Segregation that exists by practice and custon

Question 4

De Jure Segregation

Answer 4

Segregation that exists by law

Question 5

What are the main differences between the two types of Segregation

Answer 5

De Jure Requires changing the law

De Fato: Requires changin gideas

Question 6

When did De Facto Segregation intensify

Answer 6

when AAs migrated to the north after WWII

Question 7

What did the white flight cause

Answer 7

Most urban AAs to live in poor slums and paying rent to land lotds that didn’t comply with housing and health ordinances. The unemployment rates were high, and schools were deteriorated

Question 8

What were schools for AAs like

Answer 8

They were bad

Question 9

Why were black people angry

Answer 9

because of brutal treatment

Question 10

MLK tried to change de Facto segregation in Chicago and it..

Answer 10

FAILED

Question 11

In the mid 1960s, what were interactions between blacks and whites like

Answer 11

Confrontations increased between white authority and the blacks.

Question 12

Where were some riots

Answer 12

NYC, Harlem, A 15 year old died

Question 13

There were riots even after the Voting Rights were passed. But why did Black violence baffle many people

Answer 13

Because they were wondering why they were so violent after gaining an important victory

Question 14

What did Riots Cause?

Answer 14

millions of dollars in damage.

Question 15

Malcolm X

Answer 15

Born Malcol Little, went to jail at age 20 for burgulary. Studied teachings of Elijah Muhammed from the Nation of Islam

Question 16

Malcol Little Changed his name to

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Malcol X and he became an Islamic Minister. Gaining followers, he preached Mohammeds Views

Question 17

Malcolm X’s views appealed to many African Americans because

Answer 17

of growing racial pride.He advocated Self Defense

Question 18

What was Malcolm X so popular

Answer 18

1. His call for armed defense frightened many
2. Also, he was resented because of his beliefs

Question 19

On March 1964, Malcolm X did what

Answer 19

Broke with Elijah Mohammed over views. He formed another organization and gave ballot of bullet speech.

Question 20

In Mecca, what did X learn about

Answer 20

Orthodox Islam preached racial equality. He explained that if they didn’t use the ballots to cast their vote, they would be forced to use the bullot.

Question 21

After his pilgrimage what did Malcolm x Do?

Answer 21

He saw white people as his brothers

Question 22

On Feb 21, 1965 what happened

Answer 22

Malcolm X was killed

Question 23

In early June 1966,

Answer 23

tensions between civil rights groups erupted

Question 24

James Meridith wnated to walk from TN to Jackson, but he was

Answer 24

injured

Question 25

MLK of SCLC, Floyed McKissick of CORE and Stockley Caramichael of SNCC decided to

Answer 25

march, to continue what Meridith had started: it was started because the SNCC and other civil rights grups had erupted in Misissipi

Question 26

During their March, what did the SNCC and CORE do?

Answer 26

They became militent and shouted slogans similar to Malcolm C.

Question 27

Instead of saying we shall overcome, they said

Answer 27

We shall overrun

Question 28

Why did Police in Greenwood Mississippi arrest Stokley Caramichael?

Answer 28

Because he set up a tent on the grounds of an all black high school.

Question 29

Soon after his arrest, Caramichael showed up at a rally, and his face was all swollen. He told black people that :

Answer 29

Black people should define their goals and lead their own organizations.

Question 30

What did Caramichael want SNCC to stop doing

Answer 30

Recruiting whites

Question 31

In Oakland California, in 1966, what group was founded and by who

Answer 31

Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded a political party known as the Black Panthers

Question 32

What was the goal of the Black Panthers

Answer 32

To fight police brutality in the ghetto.

Question 33

What did the Party advocate?(Black Panthers)

Answer 33

Advocated self defense for AA communities as well as full employment and decent housing.

Question 34

The Black Panther Members maintained that

Answer 34

The African Americans should be exempt from military service because of an unfair number of black youths had been drafted to serve in Vietnam

Question 35

What did the Black Panthers dress in

Answer 35

Black leather jackets, black berets, and sun glasses.

Question 36

What did the Black Panthers sell

Answer 36

Copies of the Writings of Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution

Question 37

Give examples of violence that occured between Panthers and police

Answer 37

Shootouts, and there were som illegal tactices used to conduct investigations

Question 38

Overall, what were the goals of the Black Pantjers

Answer 38

Establishmentod day care centers, free breakfast programs, free medical clinics, assitance to the homeless and other services

Question 39

Martin Luther king objected to Black power because

Answer 39

He thought it would causegreif

Question 40

On April 3, 1968 King addressed a croud in

Answer 40

Memphis

Question 41

On April 4, 1968 what happened to Kin g

Answer 41

he was assasinated

Question 42

Who killed King

Answer 42

James Early Ray

Question 43

King's Death Sparked

Answer 43

Riots

Question 44

On march 1, 1968, the Kerner Commission which Johnson appointed to study the causes of Urban Violece determined that

Answer 44

The main causes of the violence --issued in a 200,000 word repoint was white racism

Question 45

What did the kerner Report Call for?

Answer 45

The nation to create new jobs, construct new housing and end de facto segregation in order o wipe out the destructive ghetto environment

Question 46

What did the Johnson Admin do about the Kerner Recommandations

Answer 46

ignored them

Question 47

The civil rights movement ended de jure segregation b y bringing about legal protection for the civil rights of al Americans, Congress passed the Civil Rights of 1968

Answer 47

Ended discrimination in housing, after school segregation ended, the numbers of African americans who finished high school and who went to college increased. This lead to better jobs and buisness opportuninty

Question 48

By 1970, what percentae og African Americans were registered to vote

Answer 48

2/3 of eligible ones. The Number of people in office grew larger

Question 49

As Civil Rights turned to the 1970s, what were some of the issues that it faced

Answer 49

It faced housing and job discrimination, educational inequality, poverty, racism and involved changin peoples attitudes

Question 50

Public Sypport for the Civil Rights

Answer 50

Declined

Question 51

Lack of jobs..

Answer 51

Was a serious problem for African Americans whose poverty rate was 3 times that of white people

Question 52

To help equalize education and job opportunities, the government in the 1960s began to promote

Answer 52

Affirmative Action: Programs that involve making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination.

Question 53

Many colleges and companies adopted affirmative actions, but it was soon criticized