Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. A person may be described as ______ if they support big social, economic or political changes.
- 'radical' ✓
- Malcolm X was a spokesperson for which radical group?
- Black Panthers
- NAACP
- Nation of Islam ✓
- US government
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- Write the missing two words. During the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the ______ ______ salute.
- 'Black Power' ✓
- Write the missing word. Over 20 000 children were fed by the Free ______ for Children Program in the first year after it began.
- 'breakfast' ✓
- Which statement is most accurate?
- The Black Panthers only focused on the use of violence against oppression.
- The Black Panthers only focused on providing services for their community.
- Black Panthers provided community services and used violence in self defence. ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Supreme Court declared segregation in schools unconstitutional.
- 2⇔President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock.
- 3⇔President Johnson approved the Civil Rights Act.
- 4⇔Voting Rights Act was passed.
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. A law is ______ if authorities make sure that people obey it.
- 'enforced' ✓
- Write the missing surname. President Lyndon B ______ was responsible for signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 1965 Voting Rights Act and 1968 Civil Rights Act into law.
- 'Johnson' ✓
- Which law set up the Equal Opportunities Commission?
- 1964 Civil Rights Act ✓
- 1965 Voting Rights Act
- 1968 Civil Rights Act
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- How did African American unemployment rates in 1970 compare to those of white Americans?
- African Americans were almost half as likely to be unemployed.
- African Americans were just as likely to be unemployed.
- African Americans were almost twice as likely to be unemployed. ✓
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- Which of the following encouraged the government to pass the 1968 Civil Rights Act?
- JFK's election as president
- March on Washington
- riots in ghetto areas ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔JFK became president.
- 2⇔March on Washington
- 3⇔1964 Civil Rights Act passed
- 4⇔police attacked marchers from Selma
- 5⇔Voting Rights Act passed
- 6⇔widespread riots in US cities
- 7⇔1968 Civil Rights Act passed
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Key learning points
- The 1964 Civil Rights Act outlawed racial discrimination.
- The 1965 Voting Rights Act gave all Americans the right to vote.
- The 1968 Civil Rights Act made housing discrimination illegal.
- African Americans continued to face discrimination and racism.
Common misconception
New civil rights led to immediate improvements in African American lives.
New civil rights were not always enforced by the government and many problematic areas of life, such as black American poverty, were not legislated for.
Keywords
Legislation - laws passed by the government
Disenfranchisement - when the right to vote is taken away from a group of people
Enforced - making sure that laws and rules are obeyed
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