Reading Challenge
Ch. 45 – Redefining Equality: From Black Power to Affirmative Action/EQ: How did civil rights activists change their
strategies and goals in 1960s and 1970s, and how successful were they?
Reading Challenge
1.
Which of the following is a part of a city where people belonging to a single ethnic group live?
2.
What was the immediate cause of the Watts riot in Los Angeles?
3.
Why was Stokely Carmichael's SNCC speech a turning point in the civil rights movement?
4.
What did the Kerner Commission report mean by the phrase, "reservoir of underlying grievances"?
5.
Why did Malcolm Little change his name to Malcolm X?
6.
How did the Nation of Islam's aims differ from earlier civil rights goals?
7.
How did the membership of the SNCC change over time?
8.
Which of the following best describes the Black Panther Party?
9.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and civil rights activism caused the number of black voters to _____ from 1964 to
1968.
10. What famous attorney became the first black Supreme Court Justice?
11. Afrocentrism helped offset what common bias in schools?
12. Why was the popularity of Roots so significant?
13. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibited what form of discrimination?
14. The decision in Swann v. Charlotte- Mecklenburg Board of Education supported what plan to end school
segregation?
15. What were the results of efforts to desegregate schools in Boston?
16. President Johnson expanded President Kennedy's affirmative action plan to include both minorities and
17. Which of the following is a potential problem resulting from affirmative action?
18. What did the state of California decide to do with its affirmative action policies?
19. Allan Bakke believed minorities were given what kind of treatment over him?
20. How did John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon implement affirmative action policies?