Review The Great Society and Civil Rights. Extra Points Review Game GOOD LUCK.

ReviewThe Great Society and Civil Rights

Extra Points Review Game

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QUESTION 1.

______ assumed the office of the president after the assassination of ______:

QUESTION 2.This man was defeated in the Election of 1964.

QUESTION 3.What three areas did the Great Society wish to focus on?

QUESTION 4.

These three events were all going on at roughly the same time during this unit of study.

QUESTION 5.For what reason did the Great Society never fully happen?

QUESTION 6.

The Medical Care act formed what two programs that are still in existence today?

QUESTION 7.

The Appalachian Regional Development act focused on the region of Appalachia. Which state is fully incorporated into the Appalachian region?

QUESTION 8.

The Clean Air Act Amendment and the Wilderness Preservation act were incorporated into which part of Johnson’s Great Society?

QUESTION 9.

The Tax Reduction Act and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 were incorporated into which part of Johnson’s Great Society?

QUESTION 10.

These rights ensure that citizens are aware of their fifth and sixth amendment rights.

QUESTION 11.

The murder of this boy in 1955 is seen as the spark to the Civil Rights movement.

QUESTION 12.NAACP stands for:

QUESTION 13.

The NAACP hired this lawyer to combat segregation in schools.

QUESTION 14.

The lawyer hired by the NAACP successfully won the case known as _____ _ ______ which overturned the ruling in the case known as _______ _ _______.

QUESTION 15.

These laws were established following the Civil War to enforce segregation in the south.

QUESTION 16.Segregation in the north was known as:

QUESTION 17.Segregation in the south was known as:

QUESTION 18.SCLC stands for:

QUESTION 19.

This man was the head of the SCLC and came to power as he was the head of the Montgomery Improvement Association.

QUESTION 20.This Civil Rights leader started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

QUESTION 21.

This Civil Rights leader followed the opposite path of Martin Luther King, Jr.

QUESTION 22.

This man was a member of SNCC and the founder of the “black power” movement.

QUESTION 23.

This militant Civil Rights group was known to wear dark clothing and fight violently against authority.

QUESTION 24.

This group converted Malcolm X to their religion while he was in jail for petty crimes.

QUESTION 25.

The leader of that religion, who would eventually order the assassination of Malcolm X, was:

QUESTION 26.

This Civil Rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee after leaving his hotel room.

QUESTION 27.

This Civil Rights leader was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, NY.

QUESTION 28.

This Civil Rights leader was assassinated in his driveway in Jackson, Mississippi.

QUESTION 29.

James Meredith was the first Black-American to enroll in which university?

QUESTION 30.

This group of black students known as the _______ _______ __ attempted to integrate their high school in ______ ______, ________

QUESTION 31.SNCC stands for:

QUESTION 32.CORE stands for:

QUESTION 33.

Which Civil Rights group became militant as time progressed?

QUESTION 34.

Martin Luther King, Jr. called this city possibly the most segregated place in America.

QUESTION 35.

This event was organized to encourage the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

QUESTION 36.

Freedom Summer workers ”vanished” and were soon found dead after they attempted to register blacks to vote in which state?

QUESTION 37.

This major city in the United States did not see a race riot erupt after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

QUESTION 38.

One of the most common forms of peaceful protest, as used by the SCLC and SNCC (at the start) was:

QUESTION 39.Noted as the most prominent riot of the Civil Rights era.

QUESTION 40.

This government investigation revealed that the key factor behind the race riots was racism and segregation on behalf of white Americans.

QUESTION 41.This act or law is sometimes seen as “reverse discrimination”.

QUESTION 42.This act prohibits discrimination in voting.

QUESTION 43.

This act prohibits discrimination in the sale or renting of property.

Answers

QUESTION 1.

______ assumed the office of the president after the assassination of ______:

LBJ - JKF

QUESTION 2.This man was defeated in the Election of 1964.

Barry Goldwater

QUESTION 3.What three areas did the Great Society wish to focus on?

Education, Environment, and Poverty

QUESTION 4.

These three events were all going on at roughly the same time during this unit of study.

Vietnam, Civil Rights, the Great Society

QUESTION 5.For what reason did the Great Society never fully happen?

Vietnam War

QUESTION 6.

The Medical Care act formed what two programs that are still in existence today?

Medicare and Medicaid

QUESTION 7.

The Appalachian Regional Development act focused on the region of Appalachia. Which state is fully incorporated into the Appalachian region?

West Virginia

QUESTION 8.

The Clean Air Act Amendment and the Wilderness Preservation act were incorporated into which part of Johnson’s Great Society?

Enviornment

QUESTION 9.

The Tax Reduction Act and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 were incorporated into which part of Johnson’s Great Society?

Fighting the war on poverty

QUESTION 10.

These rights ensure that citizens are aware of their fifth and sixth amendment rights.

Miranda Rights

QUESTION 11.

The murder of this boy in 1955 is seen as the spark to the Civil Rights movement.

Emmett Till

QUESTION 12.NAACP stands for:

National Advancement for the Association of Colored People

QUESTION 13.

The NAACP hired this lawyer to combat segregation in schools.

Thurgood Marshall

QUESTION 14.

The lawyer hired by the NAACP successfully won the case known as _____ _ ______ which overturned the ruling in the case known as _______ _ _______.

Brown v. BoE - Plessy v. Ferguson

QUESTION 15.

These laws were established following the Civil War to enforce segregation in the south.

Jim Crow Laws

QUESTION 16.Segregation in the north was known as:

De Facto segregsation

QUESTION 17.Segregation in the south was known as:

De Jure segregation

QUESTION 18.SCLC stands for:

Southern Christian Leadership Committee

QUESTION 19.

This man was the head of the SCLC and came to power as he was the head of the Montgomery Improvement Association.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

QUESTION 20.This Civil Rights leader started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Rosa Parks

QUESTION 21.

This Civil Rights leader followed the opposite path of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Malcolm X

QUESTION 22.

This man was a member of SNCC and the founder of the “black power” movement.

Stokley Carmichael

QUESTION 23.

This militant Civil Rights group was known to wear dark clothing and fight violently against authority.

Black Panthers

QUESTION 24.

This group converted Malcolm X to their religion while he was in jail for petty crimes.

The Nation of Islam

QUESTION 25.

The leader of that religion, who would eventually order the assassination of Malcolm X, was:

Elijah Muhammad

QUESTION 26.

This Civil Rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee after leaving his hotel room.

Martin Luther King, JR.

QUESTION 27.

This Civil Rights leader was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, NY.

Malcolm X

QUESTION 28.

This Civil Rights leader was assassinated in his driveway in Jackson, Mississippi.

Medgar Evers

QUESTION 29.

James Meredith was the first Black-American to enroll in which university?

Ole Miss

QUESTION 30.

This group of black students known as the _______ _______ __ attempted to integrate their high school in ______ ______, ________

Little Rock Nine – Little Rock, Arkansas

QUESTION 32.SNCC stands for:

Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee

QUESTION 33.CORE stands for:

Congress on Racial Equality

QUESTION 34.

Which Civil Rights group became militant as time progressed?

SNCC

QUESTION 35.

Martin Luther King, Jr. called this city possibly the most segregated place in America.

Birmingham, Alabama

QUESTION 36.

This event was organized to encourage the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

March on Washington

QUESTION 38.

Freedom Summer workers ”vanished” and were soon found dead after they attempted to register blacks to vote in which state?

Mississippi

QUESTION 39.

This major city in the United States did not see a race riot erupt after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

New York City

QUESTION 40.

One of the most common forms of peaceful protest, as used by the SCLC and SNCC (at the start) was/were:

Sit-ins

QUESTION 41.Noted as the most prominent riot of the Civil Rights era.

Watts Riots

QUESTION 42.

This government investigation revealed that the key factor behind the race riots was racism and segregation on behalf of white Americans.

Kerner Commission

QUESTION 43.This act or law is sometimes seen as “reverse discrimination”.

Affirmative Action

QUESTION 43.This act prohibits discrimination in voting.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

QUESTION 43.

This act prohibits discrimination in the sale or renting of property.

Civil Rights Act of 1968