4th Quarter Test ( History )

What happened to American Flight 11 on September 11th?

• it was the first plane to attack on 9/11

• lead hijacker was Mohammed Atta

• attacked the world trade center , was originally going to LA

What happened to United Flight 175 on September 11th?

• it was the second plane to attack the world trade center

• lead hijacker was Marwan al-Shehhi

• also heading to LA

What happened to American Flight 77 on September 11th?

• it was the third plane to attack on 9/11

• struck the Pentagon in DC

• lead by Hani Hanjour

• going from Washington to LA

What happened to United Flight 93 on September 11th?

• going from Newark to San Francisco

• attempted to attack the Capitol Building in DC

• the passengers tried to retake the plane but it crashed in Stoney Brook, PA

Along with Bin Laden, who else planned the 9/11 attacks ?

Khalid Sheik Muhammad

Who was the lead hijacker on 9/11 ?

Muhammad Atta

After 9/11, the US attacked…

Afghanistan

Was the US warned about terrorist attacks before 9/11?

yes

Was the government fully truthful during the 9/11 commission ?

no

de jure segregation :

segregation that’s forced and imposed by law d

de facto segregation :

segregation that’s more traditional or custom

where was de facto segregation more common?

in the north

where was de jure segregation enforced ?

in the south

what did the supreme court decide in the Brown V Board of Education case ?

they ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional ; so all schools had to desegregate asap

how did southern politicians respond to the Brown decision ?

some politicians formed groups against the ruling and issued the southern manifesto

who successfully argued the Brown case ?

Thurgood Marshall

Who was the governor of Arkansas who attempted to block the little rock 9 from attending high school?

Orval Faubus

who helped integrate baseball ?

Jackie Robinson

Radical Republicans wanted..

to punish white southerners who rebelled against the union and were slavers

Who became President due to the Compromise of 1877 ?

Rutherford B Hayes

Was WW2 influential to the Civil Rights Movement ?

yes

Who was affected by the Civil Rights Movement ?

african-americans and hispanics

Was Rosa Parks aware of what she was doing when she refused to give up her seat ?

yes, she was an activist beforehand

why was it surprising that President Johnson was supportive of the Civil Rights Act ?

he was from the south and known to be openly racist in private

How was JFK’s assassination used to pass the Civil Right’s act ?

JFK was supportive of the act but he died before he could put it into affect

so, Johnson wanted to try and honor Kennedy by passing it

Who was James Meredith ?

an]air force veteran and the first black man to go to the University of Mississippi

How was James Meredith considered successful ?

he was able to go to school because the federal government supported him

he went to law school afterwards as well

Why did MLK and the SCLC protest in Birmingham, Alabama ?

it was known as the most segregated city in the South

Why was the “letter from birmingham jail” so important ?

MLK wrote it after being arrested for peacefully protesting

the letter also talks about how he didn't want to wait for change because of his children’s futures

How was Malcolm X different from MLK ?

he was a part of the Nation of Islam which believed in black power, nationalism, and a separation with unity

he was also considered “more violent” than MLK

What changed Malcolm X’s opinion ?

his trip to Mecca, because he saw how united by religion everyone was

Why was Fannie Lou Hamer important ?

she told her story ; Fannie was arrested for trying to register to vote in 1964

JFK was supportive of the Freedom Rides, but….

he allowed the police in Mississippi to arrest freedom riders who committed crimes

Where were the Black Panther’s from ?

California

What Civil Rights group was begun by MLK ?

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

What influence did “Bloody Sunday” have on Americans ?

change was still needed because innocent people were killed

What was MLK’s focus after the Civil Rights Act was passed ?

economic equality

Why was Malcolm X’s view on the Civil Rights movement different ?

he lived in New York and he saw how immigration changed larger cities

How did Stokely Carmichael change the SNCC ?

he was okay with violence

Who was the Birmingham Police Chief who used attack dogs and fire hoses on protesters ?

Bull Connor

Who signed the first Civil Rights Bill in 1964 ?

Lyndon B Johnson

who was Alabama's governor that tried to prevent the University of Alabama from being integrated ?

George Wallace

What amendment outlawed the poll tax ?

the 24th

Who refused to have MLK’s body at the state Capitol ?

Georgia’s governor, Lester Maddux

Freedom Summer wanted voting rights in ..

Mississippi

2 parts of the Civil Rights Act —

discrimination based on race,gender,color, and religion was prohibited

the equal employment opportunity commission was created

Was the march on Washington successful ?

yes

What happened to Malcolm X and MLK ?

they were both assassinated