1. Civil Rights
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2. Violent
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3. Socio-economic – 10 Points
QUESTION:
What did African Americans boycott in Montgomery after the arrest of Rosa Parks?
ANSWER:
Buses

4. Socio-economic – 20 Points
QUESTION:
What economic tactic was used to prevent poor African Americans from voting?
ANSWER:
Poll tax

5. Socio-economic – 30 Points
QUESTION:
What was the NAACP’s strategy in fighting segregation in schools?
ANSWER:
Argue that African American schools are not equally funded, which would eventually force schools to integrate

6. Socio-economic – 40 Points
QUESTION:
Which religious group did Malcolm X convert to?
ANSWER:
Nation of Islam

7. Socio-economic – 50 Points
QUESTION:
What did MLK’s term “Beloved Community” mean?
ANSWER:
A community that would not tolerate any form of discrimination (whites are also included)

8. Violent – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Describe one consequence of the Freedom Rides.
ANSWER:
In Alabama, white supremacists bombed a bus and attacked protesters when they exited. KKK attacks in Birmingham.

9. Violent – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: What was Bloody Sunday?
State troopers attacked civil rights marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in 1965

10. Violent – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
How did white supremacists respond to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s pleas for integration and nonviolence?
ANSWER:
Bombing of his home

11. Violent – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What was one setback at the beginning of Freedom Summer?
ANSWER:
3 civil rights workers went missing in Mississippi during the training period, and were later found murdered.

12. Violent – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
3 civil rights workers went missing in Mississippi during the training period, and were later found murdered.
ANSWER:
Violent and economic intimidation: job losses, home evictions, murders without convictions, physical harassment

13. Political – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
President Eisenhower was a Republican when he appointed Earl Warren as the Chief Justice to the Supreme Court. Why did Ike regret this decision?
ANSWER:
Warren was a very liberal/pro civil rights politician and Ike was originally not.

14. Political – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What black political party did Freedom Summer volunteers form to diversify the all-white democratic party?
ANSWER:
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

15. Political – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What political shift did the Civil Rights Act cause?
ANSWER:
The South became Republican and white southerners defected from the Democratic party.

16. Political – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
President Lyndon B. Johnson was a white Texan considered to be racist. Did his actions in regards to Civil Rights match this description? Why?
ANSWER:
No, he passed an unprecedented amount of civil rights legislation.

17. Political – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What was a political reason why Kennedy could not support the Freedom Rides as much as he wanted?
ANSWER:
Cold War / Vietnam War / Sputnik / McCarthyism

18. Legal – 10 Points
QUESTION:
What Supreme Court decision did Brown v. the Board of Education overturn in 1954?
ANSWER:
Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

19. Legal – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What Virginia legislation and accompanying government actions define the fight to maintain segregation for two years after the Brown decision?
ANSWER:
Massive Resistance

20. Legal – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Brown vs. the Board of Education decision made segregated schools illegal. However, since many Southern schools claimed they would eventually desegregate schools a few years after the 1954 decision, desegregation was a slow process. Which legislation called for the immediate desegregation of schools?
ANSWER:
The Civil Rights Act of 1964

21. Legal – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What did the Voting Rights Act outlaw?
ANSWER:
Literacy tests and prompted the US Department of Justice to challenge the poll taxes.

22. Legal – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The Freedom Riders were met with violence from the KKK and white Southerners while interstate traveling. What did President Kennedy do to ensure their safety and what was the effect of his actions?
ANSWER:
He pressured the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) after the Freedom Riders were arrested, which sparked nationwide protest. The ICC issued a ban on segregation of interstate travel.