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6. What year did Rosa Parks start the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
7. What year was the Voting Rights Act?
8. What was consensus culture caused by?
- right to vote
- The Cold War
- The Vietnam War
- solidarity with civil rights protests
9. What were the Freedom Rides?
- desegregated buses which let Black people travel between state lines
- desegregated buses which would drive into the South under threat of violence
- buses which took Black people out of the South and to the North
- protests to end Southern bus segregation
10. The Civil Rights Movement led to movements in what other social areas?
- immigration, womens', anti-war, LGBTQ+, voting
- Native Americans, Latin, LGBTQ+, anti-war, womens', environmental
- Native Americans, Asian, womens' anti-war, environmental
- Latin, LGBTQ+, voting, animal, anti-war, womens'
11. MLK rose to prominence during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and started what organization?
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- The Coalition of Black Southern Churches
- Black Panthers
12. Why is 1968 considered the "defining year" of the 1960s?
- Malcolm X was assassinated; the Vietnam War ended; MLK ended the Civil Rights Movement
- MLK was assassinated; Malcolm X took over the Civil Rights Movement; the Vietnam War ended
- MLK was assassinated; anti-war protests for Tet Offensive; Nixon was elected President
- Nixon was elected; Malcolm X was assassinated; anti-war protests erupted in the South
13. Brown v Board of Education didn't lead to immediate desegregation in schools because
- there weren't enough Black children to integrate schools
- armed militias in the South guarded school entrances which prevented desegregation
- the South engaged in Massive resistance which saw many public schools close and private schools open
- there weren't enough resources to keep public schools open with more children attending each one
14. At 10:41 there is a sign that says "Race Mixing is Communism". Why is this relevant?
- it shows how Americanism discriminated against Black people
- it shows how Americans were scared of Russia
- it shows how consensus culture was dominant
- it shows how Americans were scared of inequality
15. What were some of the demands in "I Have A Dream"?
- higher minimum wage, ending discrimination in voting and in public areas, more public works for transportation, equal access to education
- help for the poor, public works and new buildings for Black people, access to public transport, more jobs in the South
- help for the poor, public works, higher minimum wage, ending discrimination in employment
- public works like trains and highways to be built in the South, higher minimum wage, opening soup kitchens in every major city
16. What year was Brown v Board of Education?
17. What are "American values"?
- individualism; respect for private property; belief in equal opportunity
- individualism; the "American Dream"; social equality
- individualism; right to vote; having a strong military
- individualism; civil rights; the "American Dream"
18. What year was the Civil Rights Act?
19. What year was the March on Washington?
20. The 1950s were considered a "golden age" because
- the creation of social spaces due to the access to travel
- of increased access to consumer goods and suburbanization
- the industrial revolution and car manufacturing
- the rise of Americanism and tv products
