1. The Freedom Rides: A) were launched by CORE to desegregate interstate bus travel. B) were successful only in the North. C) had little effect on segregation in the South. D) were ignored by law enforcement and the public in the South. 2. Democratic President John F. Kennedy was staunchly committed to racial equality and he placed it as his number one priority in his inaugural address. A) True B) False 3. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail” declared that: A) the white moderate had to put aside his fear of disorder and commit to racial justice. B) he was abandoning his policy of civil disobedience and peaceful demonstration. C) the civil rights movement had become too violent and had to stop. D) the federal government was solely responsible for the violence in the South. 4. What opened Malcolm X up to the possibility of interracial cooperation in the United States? A) The goodwill displayed by white college students of the new left movement. B) When he visited Saudi Arabia for the Hajj he experienced racial harmony among Muslims. C) The tragedy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. D) The progressive legislation pushed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. 5. The 1968 Kerner Report blamed urban violence on segregation and poverty. A) True B) False
1. The Freedom Rides:
A) were launched by CORE to desegregate interstate bus travel.
B) were successful only in the North.
C) had little effect on segregation in the South.
D) were ignored by law enforcement and the public in the South.
2. Democratic President John F. Kennedy was staunchly committed to racial equality and he placed it as his number one priority in his inaugural address.
A) the white moderate had to put aside his fear of disorder and commit to racial justice.
B) he was abandoning his policy of civil disobedience and peaceful demonstration.
C) the civil rights movement had become too violent and had to stop.
D) the federal government was solely responsible for the violence in the South.
4. What opened Malcolm X up to the possibility of interracial cooperation in the United States?
A) The goodwill displayed by white college students of the new left movement.
B) When he visited Saudi Arabia for the Hajj he experienced racial harmony among Muslims.
C) The tragedy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
D) The progressive legislation pushed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
5. The 1968 Kerner Report blamed urban violence on segregation and poverty.
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