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US His Ch 18 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The first of the confrontations on the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the march on Selma became known as? | Bloody Sunday |
| The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination in employment on the basis of: | Race |
| How did T. Eugene Connor react to civil rights marchers in Birmingham? | He ordered the use of police dogs and fire hoses against the marchers |
| Why were many Americans surprised when President Johnson supported civil rights? | He was a Southerner with an undistinguished record on racial matters. |
| What was the bus trip staged by CORE to defy segregationist codes: | Freedom rides |
| Banned literacy tests for voter registration: | Voting rights act of 1965 |
| African American who enrolled at "Ole Miss": | James Meredith |
| What civil rights measure was passed by Congress shortly after King's assassination? | Fair housing act |
| The members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) believed what? | That direct, nonviolent methods could gain civil rights for African Americans |
| Laws that enforced the strict separation of the races: | Jim Crow laws |
| Attempted to determine the causes of the 1967 riots: | Kerner Commision |
| Term first used by SNCC leader Stokley Carmichael: | Black Power |
| While in prison, Malcolm X became a convert to what? | The Nation of Islam |
| When 3 civil rights workers disappeared during Freedom Summer, the SNCC claimed that they had been what? | Murdered |
| Why did Martin Luther King target Birmingham, Alabama for a civil rights campaign? | Because it was considered the most segregated city in the South |
| In return for the desegregation of interstate transportation, the President Kennedy offered what | Not to stop the arrest of Mississippi activists. |
| How long did the Montgomery bus boycott last? | More than a year |
| Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964? | Lyndon Johnson |
| What was the significance of Herhandez v. Texas? | It extended Fourteenth Amendment protections to Mexican Americans |
| Which African Americans is famous for breaking into major league baseball? | Jackie Robinson |