25. TROUBLED INNOCENCE, 1945

Quiz for Comparative Analysis The Civil Rights Movement and Its Opponents Documents 25.2 and 25.3

Document 25.2: The Southern Manifesto, 1956

Document 25.3: Ella Baker, Bigger Than a Hamburger, 1960

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 25.6

1. According to the authors of Document 25.2: The Southern Manifesto, 1956, what was the relationship between African Americans and Caucasians in the South?

Racial tensions and ongoing violence

Friendly with understanding and patience

Frequent lynching and murder

Integrated schools and common interracial marriage

Question 25.7

2. What complaint do the authors have regarding the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

It violates states’ rights.

It results in taxation without representation.

It ensures unequal schooling opportunities for African Americans.

It is racist and discriminatory.

Question 25.8

3. According to Ella Baker in Document 25.3: Bigger Than a Hamburger, 1960, how was the leadership of the Student Leadership Conference different from that of other similar civil rights organizations?

It was focused on and centered in the American South.

It utilized a cult of personality style individual leadership.

It was committee-driven and bureaucratic.

It was student-centered and democratic.

Question 25.9

4. Why might the members of the Student Leadership Conference have been interested in rights for all races around the world in the 1950s and 1960s?

The students were hoping to travel abroad and be treated well elsewhere.

Americans were concerned about the effect of the Cold War on other nations.

Many members were from countries other than the United States.

World War II had increased American’s interest in the world.

Question 25.10

5. Based on the language of the Southern Manifesto, why were Southern congressmen concerned about integration?

They were afraid they would not be reelected.

They feared an increase in black community leadership.

They believed segregation kept peace between the races.

They were concerned it would lead to the spread of disease.

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