Robideaux -Ss 10 - Chp. 20 Test

Front 1

What is the name of the law that led to African American representation at local, state, and national levels?

Back 1

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Front 2

What is the term for protecting domestic producers by limiting through tariffs or quotas, the import of foreign goods and services?

Back 2

Protectionsim

Front 3

What is the name of the court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, it stated that separate but equal was no longer allowed in public education?

Back 3

Brown v. Board of Education

Front 4

Which civil rights leader believed that white men were the enemy and wanted to bring all non white people of the world together?

Back 4

Malcolm X

Front 5

Define standard of living?

Back 5

it is the degress of prosperity in a nation, as measured by income levels, quality of housing and food, medical care, etc.

Front 6

What is the name of the political party that wanted African Americans to lead their own communities?

Back 6

the Black Panthers

Front 7

What is the name given to the African American lawyer that argued against segregation in U.S. schools?

Back 7

Thurgood Marshall

Front 8

The term given to a system in which the market forces of supply and demand determine prices and allocate available supplies, without gov't. intervention?

Back 8

Free Market

Front 9

What is the name of the person who refused to give up her seat to a white man and is sometimes credited with beginning the civil rights movement?

Back 9

Rosa Parks

Front 10

Which civil rights leader encouraged African Americans to use nonviolence when they refused to obey unjust laws?

Back 10

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Front 11

Miss Robideaux
Social Studies 10
The Struggle for Equal Rights

Back 11

Please review all class handouts, text readings, and flashcards to prepare for the test on Friday

Front 12

What is the name of the law that banned discrimination in all public accommodations?

Back 12

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Front 13

What are sit ins?

Back 13

it is where people sit down in a segregated establishment and refused to leave until they were accommodated

Front 14

Find and list two elements of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Back 14

Locate them in the text, class notes, etc.

Front 15

When the NAACP launched a series of court cases, what was its main purpose?

Back 15

to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson

Front 16

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" was what?

Back 16

No LONGER permissible in public schools and in public education

Front 17

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of the Montgomery bus boycott?

Back 17

that bus segregation was unconstitutional

Front 18

How did the NAACP achieve its greatest success?

Back 18

by winning court cases

Front 19

What year and what court case, did the Supreme Court rule that segregation was no longer permissible in public schools?

Back 19

In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education

Front 20

Which organization pursued its goals through peaceful confrontation?

Back 20

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Front 21

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) used two main strategies, what were they?

Back 21

1) boycott
2) nonviolent protest

Front 22

How did President Kennedy contribute to progress in the civil rights movement?

Back 22

by introducing a civil rights bill

Front 23

President Johnson's two civil rights laws are considered to be _______________in American history.

Back 23

landmarks

Front 24

How did Southerners respond to the Freedom Rides?

Back 24

with violence

Front 25

What were the main facts that were true of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Back 25

It prohibited discriminatory hiring on the basis of race, sex, religion, or nationality

Front 26

What was true as a result of the civil rights movement?

Back 26

1) African Americans were assured the right to vote 2) segregation became illegal 3) African Americans served in local, state, federal politics

Front 27

What is the name of the Supreme Court case that overturned Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?

Back 27

that segregation was not permissible in public schools

Front 28

What effect did the Montgomery bus boycott have on the rights of African Americans?

Back 28

African Americans were eventually granted the right to sit where they pleased

Front 29

What is significant about the relationship between the NAACP and the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?

Back 29

the NAACP provided lawyers to Brown during his case against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Front 30

What did the Supreme Court do under the ruling in the 1954, Brown v. Board of Education case dealing with segregation?

Back 30

the Supreme Court gave broad rules for desegregation

Front 31

What does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 say?

Back 31

it prohibits employment discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or national origin

Front 32

What was the major goal of the civl rights movement of the 1960s?

Back 32

to end segregation based on race

Front 33

When necessary to achieve justice, which method did Martin Luther King, Jr., urge his followers to employ?

Back 33

engaging in civil disobedience

Front 34

What event led to the emergence of Martin Luther King Jr. as a leader of the civil rights movement?

Back 34

he led the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama