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APUSH AMSCO 8.10-8.12 Questions and
Answers 100% Correct
James Meredith - ANSWER - A young African American air force veteran who in 1962,
attempted to enroll in the University of Mississippi. A fed court guaranteed his right to attend; in
addition, Kennedy sent in 400 federal marshals and 3000 troops to control mob violence as
Meredith attended class.


George Wallace - ANSWER - Alabama governor who tried to stop an African American student
from entering the University of Alabama.


Martin Luther King Jr. - ANSWER - Leader of the civil rights movement; remained committed to
non-violent protests against segregation.


Letter from Birmingham Jail - ANSWER - Martin Luther King Jr.'s essay that encouraged non-
violent protest against segregation.


March on Washington - ANSWER - The peaceful demonstration led by Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr., and attended by 200,000 black and white supporters, in support of jobs and the Civil Rights
Bill.


"I Have a Dream" speech - ANSWER - appealed for the end of racial prejudice and ended with
everyone in the crowd singing "We Shall Overcome"


Civil Rights Act - ANSWER - Made segregation illegal in all public facilities, including hotels and
restaurants, and gave the federal government more power to enforce school desegregation.


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - ANSWER - Set up to end discrimination in
employment on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin.


women's movement - ANSWER - Increased education and employment of women, the civil
rights movement, and the sexual revolution all contributed to a renewal of this in the 1960s.

, Betty Friedan - ANSWER - United States feminist who founded a national organization for
women (NOW)


The Feminine Mystique - ANSWER - Gave the Women's movement a new direction by
encouraging middle-class women to seek fulfillment in professional careers in addition to filling
the roles of wife, mother, and homemaker.


24th Amendment - ANSWER - Abolished the practice of collecting a poll tax, one of the
measures that, for decades, had discouraged poor people from voting.


March to Montgomery - ANSWER - In 1965, this was a voting rights march from Selma Alabama
to the capitol in Montgomery. Television showed protesters being beaten and tear-gassed and
the march was a turning point in the civil rights movement. President Johnson sent federal
troops to protect the marchers.


Voting Rights Act of 1965 - ANSWER - ended literacy tests and provided federal registrars in
areas in which blacks were kept from voting


Black Muslim - ANSWER - leader Elijah Muhammad preached black nationalism, separatism,
and self-improvement


Malcolm X - ANSWER - Black Muslim who argued for separation, not integration. He changed
his views but was assassinated in 1965.


Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) - ANSWER - students whose purpose was
coordinate a nonviolent attack on segregation and other forms of racism


Congress of Racial Equality - ANSWER - (CORE) Civil rights organization started in 1944 and
best known for its "freedom rides," bus journeys challenging racial segregation in the South in
1961.


Stokely Carmicheal - ANSWER - The chairman of the SNCC who repudiated nonviolence and
advocated "black power" and racial separatism.

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