APUSH AMSCO 8.10-8.12 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

APUSH AMSCO 8.10-8.12 Study Guide with Complete Solutions James Meredith - Answer️️ -A young African American air force veteran who in 1962, attempted to enroll in the University of Mississippi. A fed court guaranteed his right to attend; in addition, Kennedy sent in 400 federal marshals and 3000 troops to control mob violence as Meredith attended class. George Wallace - Answer️️ -Alabama governor who tried to stop an African American student from entering the University of Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. - Answer️️ -Leader of the civil rights movement; remained committed to non-violent protests against segregation. Letter from Birmingham Jail - Answer️️ -Martin Luther King Jr.'s essay that encouraged non-violent protest against segregation. March on Washington - Answer️️ -The peaceful demonstration led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and attended by 200,000 black and white supporters, in support of jobs and the Civil Rights Bill. "I Have a Dream" speech - Answer️️ -appealed for the end of racial prejudice and ended with everyone in the crowd singing "We Shall Overcome" Civil Rights Act - Answer️️ -Made segregation illegal in all public facilities, including hotels and restaurants, and gave the federal government more power to enforce school desegregation. ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Answer️️ -Set up to end discrimination in employment on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin. 24th Amendment - Answer️️ -Abolished the practice of collecting a poll tax, one of the measures that, for decades, had discouraged poor people from voting. March to Montgomery - Answer️️ -In 1965, this was a voting rights march from Selma Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery. Television showed protesters being beaten and tear-gassed and the march was a turning point in the civil rights movement. President Johnson sent federal troops to protect the marchers. Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Answer️️ -ended literacy tests and provided federal registrars in areas in which blacks were kept from voting Black Muslim - Answer️️ -leader Elijah Muhammad preached black nationalism, separatism, and self-improvement Malcolm X - Answer️️ -Black Muslim who argued for separation, not integration. He changed his views but was assassinated in 1965. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) - Answer️️ -students whose purpose was coordinate a nonviolent attack on segregation and other forms of racism Congress of Racial Equality - Answer️️ -(CORE) Civil rights organization started in 1944 and best known for its "freedom rides," bus journeys challenging racial segregation in the South in 1961. Stokely Carmicheal - Answer️️ -The chairman of the SNCC who repudiated nonviolence and advocated "black power" and racial separatism. ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 3 Black Panthers - Answer️️ -organized by Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, and other militants as a revolutionary socialist movement advocating self-rule for American blacks Watts - Answer️️ -Black neighborhood in Los Angeles where the arrest of a young black motorist by White police sparked a 6-day race riot that killed 34 people a