Honors American History Primary Source Quiz WCHS Mrs.Coleman
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When was the JFK Inaugural Address
January 20, 1961
Who wrote the Letter to Mayor W.A. Gayle
Jo Ann Robinson
Date of the Letter to Mayor W.A. Gayle
May 21, 1954
Who spoke the Montgomery Bus Boycott: Talk at the Highlander Folk School?
Rosa Parks
When was The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Talk at the Highlander Folk School?
March 1956
Where was the Board of Education located in Brown v Board of Education?
Topeka, Kansas
When was Brown v Board of Education
1954
Who wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail?
Martin Luther King Jr.
When was the Letter from Birmingham Jail written?
April 16, 1963
Who spoke the I have a Dream speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who wrote the Ten-Point Program?
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
When was the Ten-Point Program written?
October 1966
Who wrote the Message to the Grassroots?
Malcolm X
When was the Message to the Grassroots written?
October 10, 1963
Where did JFK say the rights of man come from?
From God, not from the government
Who said this quote: “And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country”
John F. Kennedy
Who said this quote: :... we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
John F. Kennedy
List the 3 things that the Council asked for in the Letter to Mayor W.A. Gayle
A law making it possible for black people to sit from back toward front
Not to be forced to pay fare at the front of the bus
The busses stop at every corner in African-American residential sections
Who were the founders of the Black Panther Party?
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
Do the Panthers desire more of a free market/capitalism or a socialism/communism economic system?
Socialistic/communism (because they wanted a federal government with more intervention)
What are the Panthers requesting as reparations?
The equivalent of forty acres and a mule in money
Whose symbolic shadow did Dr.King reference in his I Have a Dream speech?
Abraham Lincoln
What did the check represent in the I Have a Dream speech?
Rights and equality
How did Dr.King want African-Americans to conduct themselves during their quest for civil rights, as said in his I Have a Dream speech?
Don’t hold a grudge against white people, be disciplined, put your heart into it instead of your fists, etc.
Describe Dr.Kings viewpoint on race relations in his I Have a Dream speech
He’s hopeful that American will fulfill its promise of equality
What role did the author of the Letter to Mayor W.A. Gayle play regarding the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
She was an African-American activist and president of the Women’s Political Council (WPC)
What argument did the author of the Letter to Mayor W.A. Gayle make to encourage equal rules for the African-Americans on the bus?
She said they are making plans to ride the buses less or not at all if they don’t change the rules
What other cities in the South had reformed their busing policies previous to Montgomery (Letter to Mayor W.A. Gayle)?
Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah
Who said this quote: “These other persons had got on the bus after I did- it meant that I didn't have a right to do anything but get on the bus, give them my fare and then be pushed wherever they wanted me.”
Rosa Parks
Main idea of Brown V Board of Education
They were challenging the separate but equal doctrine with the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
How did the court rule in Brown V Board of Educatoin?
The court ruled unanimously (everyone agreed) to overrule the separate but equal principle
Main defending point of the ruling of Brown V Board of Education
“segregation of African American schoolchildren generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely to ever be undone”
What did Brown v Board of Education say about separating children?
They said it is inherently (naturally) unequal
What was the SCLC?
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What is civil disobedience?
Intentionally breaking a law because you know it is unjust (Example: Rosa Parks)
Who was the Letter from Birmingham Jail written to?
The white Clergymen
Who said this quote: “We have waited more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed towards gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace towards gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “… when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky…”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “… when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of “nobodiness”- then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “One hundred years later, the life of the African-American is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “… America has given African-Americans a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said this quote: “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and love out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Summary of the Ten-Point Program
Freedom
Full employment/guaranteed income
Money equal to 40 acres and a mule
Housing
Education that exposes history
Exempt from military service
End to police brutality
All black men out of jail
Re-trial for black men
Independent colony
Who said this quote: “Not only does America have a very serious problem, but our people have a very serious problem. America’s problem is us.”
Malcolm X
Who said this quote: “You are nothing but an ex-slave. You don’t like to be told that. But what else are you?”
Malcolm X
Who said this quote: “And what we have foremost in common is that enemy- the white man.”
Malcolm X
What were the 2 revolutions listed in the Message to the Grassroots?
The black revolution and the Negro revolution
What revolution did the author of the Message to the Grassroots say he was apart of?
The black revolution
What way did the author of the Message to the Grassroots say the only way to get a revolution?
Through bloodshed
Who said this quote: “They’re trying to crawl back on the plantation.”
Malcolm X
What types of slaves did the author of the Message to the Grassroots say there were?
House slaves and field slaves
Which slave from the Message to the Grassroots was the privileged slave?
House slave
Which slave did the author of the Message to the Grassroots say there were more of in America?
Field slaves
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