Deck 6: Race Relations in Flux: From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter

Question 1

This term refer(s) to organized activism that is intended to be engaged in for a long period of time and works to change some aspect of society.

A) Collective behavior
B) Social movements
C) Collective response
D) Social activism

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following racial/ethnic minority groups did NOT engage in organized activism during the 1960s and 1970s to fight for their full political and civil rights?

A) Chicanos
B) Native Americans
C) Asian Americans
D) All of the above engaged in activism during this era

Answer 2

D

Question 3

This organization, initially a local organization called the Montgomery Improvement Association, emerged out of the Montgomery bus boycott and became the leading civil rights organization of the era. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first president of this organization.

A) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
B) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
C) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
D) Black Panthers

Answer 3

A

Question 4

This term refers to Mexican Americans and originated out of their activism in the post- World War II era.

A) Chicano
B) Latino
C) Hispanic
D) Mulatto

Question 5

Which of the following was a trigger for Asian American activism in the 1960s and 1970s?

A) The Korean and Vietnam Wars
B) The creation of the state of Israel
C) The Nazi holocaust
D) The Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education 1954

Question 6

Which of the following civil rights organizations did NOT exist prior to the Civil Rights Movement?

A) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
B) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
C) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
D) Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT one of the social and cultural conditions that contributed to minority group activism in the post-World War II era?

A) Economic growth
B) Increasing urbanization
C) The baby boom generation's sense of self-efficacy
D) Decreasing educational opportunities for minorities

Question 8

In 1968, Asian American movement of the 1960s and early 1970s fought for:

A) More Asian American faculty and students of color in the University of California system
B) An end to the Vietnam War
C) An end to anti-Asian violence
D) All of the above

Question 9

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activists engaged in a strategy referred to as _________, the practice of refusing to obey discriminatory laws and engaging in nonviolent activism.

A) Civil disobedience
B) Nonviolent, indirect action
C) Civil obedience
D) Violent, direct action

Question 10

He was a white southerner, the son and grandson of KKK members, one of the first white members of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a lifelong activist.

A) Bob Zellner
B) Bayard Rustin
C) Jim White
D) Doug McAdams

Question 11

During the Civil Rights Movement, which state was considered to be a "closed society" and thus was targeted by activists for massive voter registration drives and education in the form of Freedom Schools, in a campaign known as Freedom Summer (1964)?

A) Missouri
B) Louisiana
C) Georgia
D) Mississippi

Question 12

In 1950, The U.S. government sought an alternative approach to assimilating Indians through a new policy known as _________. Under this paternalistic approach, the federal government identified certain tribes they felt were ready to survive on their own and cut off government support of the tribe, encouraging them to leave their reservations for major American cities.

A) Termination policy
B) Urbanization policy
C) Dawes Act
D) Indian Removal Act

Question 13

While many minority protest movements began to be less active by the mid-1970s, this group witnessed increasing mobilization against racism and discrimination in the 1980s and 1990s.

A) Native Americans
B) Chicanos
C) Arab Americans
D) Asian Americans

Question 14

One of the most significant victories for Asian American activists was:

A) The end of the Vietnam War
B) An official apology and reparations for Japanese Americans interned during WW II
C) An end to police brutality
D) More liberal immigration laws

Question 15

Women played significant roles in the organized activism of which of the following post-World War II minority protest movements?

A) Civil Rights Movement
B) Red Power Movement
C) Chicano Rights Movement
D) All of the above

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT an example of a Chicano activist organization operating during the post-WWII era?

A) Brown Berets
B) Crusade for Justice
C) Amigos for Justice
D) La Raza Unida Party

Question 17

Which of the following social movements were significantly influenced by the activism of college students?

A) Civil Rights Movement
B) Red Power Movement
C) Chicano Rights Movement
D) All of the above

Question 18

Which of the following social movements fought for the rights of farm workers?

A) Civil Rights Movement
B) Red Power Movement
C) Chicano Rights Movement
D) All of the above

Question 19

Many Native American activists engaged in the _______, which refers to fighting for the freedom to live their Native cultures and participate in traditional ceremonies; fighting for more racially inclusive education; and learning and preserving native languages.

A) Cultural freedom movement
B) Political freedom movement
C) Social diversity movement
D) Race pride movement

Question 20

It was at this event in 1968 that some contact and cooperation between civil rights, Chicano, and Native American activists occurred.

A) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
B) Poor People's March on Washington
C) Selma to Montgomery March
D) Freedom Rides

Question 21

Which of the following countries was home to racial/ethnic minority activism during the post-World War II era?

A) India
B) United States
C) Most African nations
D) All of the above

Question 22

Which racial/ethnic minority movement of the post-World War II era began when over 10,000 East Los Angeles high school students walked out of their classes and went on a weeklong strike protesting racism.

A) The Chicano Movement
B) The Red Power Movement
C) The Civil Rights Movement
D) The Arab American Movement

Question 23

This social movement was triggered by the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman.

A) #SayHerName
B) #BlackLivesMatter
C) #ArabAmericanActivism
D) The Civil Rights Movement

Question 24

In order for subordinate groups to challenge their status through protest, sociologists who study social movements point out that it takes more than relative deprivation, the perception that their situation is worse than that of the dominant group in terms of economics, power, and privilege.

Question 25

The activism of the Red Power movement led to people with Native ancestry proudly re-embracing their American Indian ethnic identity.

Question 26

In order for marginalized groups to engage in organized activism to change their situation, they must first develop a united identity from which to operate.

Question 27

Women involved in the Civil Rights Movement often found themselves the target of gender discrimination within the civil rights organizations to which they belonged.

Question 28

Native American activism of the late 1960s and 1970s began on reservations and spread to rural areas.

Question 29

Much Native American activism of the era involved the occupation of national monuments, landmarks, or government offices. Such locations were significant because they challenged the collective memory of a nation, a set of beliefs about the past which the nation's citizens hold in common and publicly recognize as legitimate representations of their history.

Question 30

Most other racial/ethnic minority groups of the era were fighting for integration, but Native Americans had a history of forced assimilation into the dominant, mainstream, American culture and thus, the Red Power movement was focused on cultural integrity.

Question 31

Despite the successes of the Red Power movement, federal repression efforts directed at Native organizations, particularly AIM, resulted in the destruction of the organization and the eventual demise of the Red Power movement, similar to the federal suppression of the Black Panther Party.

Question 32

Arab American activism decreased during the 1980s and 1990s.

Question 33

Many whites rightly viewed the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and affirmative action as marking the end of racism.

Question 34

The Black Lives Matter movement can be understood as part of the "long civil rights movement."

Question 35

The year 1960 was declared the "Year of Africa" because 17 African territories had overthrown their colonial rulers that year.

Question 36

Some of the earliest civil rights activism involved African American women protesting the sexual violence they experienced at the hands of whites, particularly in the South.

Question 37

Native American youths involved in the Red Power movement were rebelling against their elders, similarly to other young activists of the era.

Question 38

The Black Lives Matter movement is intersectional at its core; in addition to their concern for the rights of black men, they also fight for the rights of black women, and LGBTQ people of color.

Question 39

Identify and explain three key actions of minority group activism in the post-World War II era. In other words, pick a minority protest movement of that era and discuss three types of campaigns they engaged in, what rights they specifically fought for, and any evidence of the success of their activism.

Question 40

Explain three social and/or cultural conditions that contributed to the emergence of minority protest movements in the post-World War II era.

Question 41

Define nonviolent, direct action and provide examples of how this strategy was used by racial/ethnic minority activists in the post-World War II era.

Question 42

Identify and describe one key social movement organizations (SMOS) associated with the Civil Rights Movement, the Red Power Movement, Chicano activism, and Asian American activism.

Question 43

Explain the difference between social movements and collective behavior and provide an example of each.

Question 44

Differentiate between political activism and cultural activism and provide an example of each.

Question 45

Explain some of the nonviolent direct action tactics engaged by social movement organizations to challenge the white power structure in the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement? Explain why some movements later shifted toward more militant positions.

Question 46

Describe the Standing Rock movement that occurred in 2016-17. What made this movement historic? What kinds of resistance did Water Protectors experience?

Question 47

Describe the foundation and mission of the Black Lives Matter movement. What similarities and differences exist between the Black Lives Matter movement today and the post-WWII minority protest movements? How do Millennials view Black Lives Matter movement?