Chapter 26

Quiz for Chapter Twenty-Six Thinking Like a Historian: Civil Rights and Black Power: Strategy and Ideology

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Question 1

In sources 1 and 3, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bayard Rustin argue that, in addition to equal access to institutions, African Americans needed what?A. Voting rights
B. Economic opportunities
C. Self-esteem
D. Support from whites

Question 2

In source 4, James Farmer writes, “What the public must realize is that in a demonstration more things are happening, at more levels of human activity, than meets the eye. Demonstrations in the last few years have provided literally millions of Negroes with their first taste of self-determination and political self-expression.” Which of the following offers the most accurate restatement of Farmer’s point?A. Demonstrations are necessary to achieve social change.
B. Demonstrations don’t cause violence; white racists do.
C. Demonstrations are not just the means to an end, but are ends in themselves.
D. The ends achieved by demonstrations justify the violence they might create.

Question 3

The photograph presented in source 2 emphasizes African American demonstrators asA. victims of white repression.
B. violent protestors.
C. highly organized.
D. disruptive youths.

Question 4

The photograph presented in source 6 portrays African American protesters in which of the following ways?A. As victims of white repression
B. As passive and fearful
C. As dangerous and disruptive
D. As agents for black liberation

Question 5

According to Stokely Carmichael and Charles Hamilton (source 5), what was a necessary precondition for black liberation in the United States?A. White support
B. Black self-determination
C. Charismatic black leadership
D. Integration into white institutions