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Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 28

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 28

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Document 28-1: New Left Students Seek Democratic Social Change

Document 28-2: Martin Luther King Jr. Explains Nonviolent Resistance

Document 28-3: George C. Wallace Denounces the Civil Rights Movement

Document 28-4: Black Power

Document 28-5: Equal Rights for Women

Question

1. Which of the following did students in the new left organization "Students for a Democratic Society" see as a significant social problem? (See Document 28-1: New Left Students Seek Democratic Social Change)

Consumer affluence

Anti-labor sentiment

Communist conspirators

Excessive government intervention

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Members of the Students for a Democratic Society believed that consumer affluence had made Americans of the middle class largely complacent to the nation's pressing problems and injustices.

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2. Why did Martin Luther King Jr. want to spark a crisis through organized nonviolent direct action? (See Document 28-2: Martin Luther King Jr. Explains Nonviolent Resistance)

King believed that a crisis would bring about change without the need for negotiations.

King believed that by provoking a crisis, he could then turn away from nonviolent action toward violence under the guise of self-defense.

King understood that the only way to get Southern whites to act with hostility was through aggressive provocation.

King explained that the only way there would ever be negotiations on civil rights was if the crisis was inescapable.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. King explained in his Letter from Birmingham City Jail that nonviolent direct action sought to create a crisis so the community had to confront the issue and negotiate rather than stall.

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3. How did Alabama's George C. Wallace characterize the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (See Document 28-3: George C. Wallace Denounces the Civil Rights Movement )

Too little too late

The assassin's knife in the back of liberty

A noble blow struck in the name of liberty

The misdirected outcome of mass democracy

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Wallace called the Civil Rights Act of 1964 "the assassin's knife stuck in the back of liberty."

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4. Why did SNCC predict that "the black man in the ghetto" would lead the Black Power Movement? (See Document 28-4: Black Power)

He knew white oppression from experience.

He was free from Southern white oppression.

He had contacts with progressive white elites.

He had learned the benefits of nonviolent resistance.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. The reason SNCC identified black men in urban ghettos as leaders of the movement was that they had felt firsthand the injustice of police brutality and unemployment.

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5. What position did the National Organization for Women take on the appointment of women to high level positions in government and industry in its 1966 statement? (See Document 28-5: Equal Rights for Women)

The organization considered this a central strategy for bringing about gender equality.

The organization applauded the nation for its inclusion of women in leadership roles.

The organization lamented the failure of women in leadership roles in government and business.

The organization rejected token appointments as a substitute for real change.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. The National Organization for Women considered the appointment of women to high-level positions in government and industry a token gesture that distracted from and substituted for the real change that was necessary.

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6. What opinion did the activists of SNCC and George C. Wallace hold in common? (See Document 28-3: George C. Wallace Denounces the Civil Rights Movement and Document 28-4: Black Power)

Both thought that the federal government was actively hostile to their cause.

Both agreed that racial inequality was overstated and that class was a more dominant issue.

Both agreed that the obsession with communism had distracted from the real issues at hand.

Both were looking for a bold revolution that would turn around the status quo.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Both the activists of SNCC and George Wallace believed that the federal government was actively hostile to their cause.

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7. What objections would NOW members have raised against the leaflet of the Chicago Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee? (See Document 28-4: Black Power and Document 28-5: Equal Rights for Women)

SNCC members were too preoccupied with inner-city women.

SNCC members' call for revolution called for women to do too much of the work in the Black Power Movement.

SNCC members failed to use the violent strategies that worked so well for the women's movement.

SNCC members focused on men and ignored the plight of black women and women in general as a result.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. Given their focus on women's rights, members of NOW would have objected that SNCC members focused on men and ignored the plight of black women and women in general as a result.