Answers Mad 2017 Am History B-49 SSChanges in the Civil Rights Movement

Changes in the Civil Rights Movement Answers

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The Black Panther Party believed that

African Americans should not fight against oppression.

African Americans were responsible for solving their own problems.

sit-ins and freedom rides were the best way to bring about change.

African Americans could gain equality through political organizations.

The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was formed in 1966 by Huey Newton and

Stokely Carmichael.

Malcolm X.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Bobby Seale.

Which event signaled a directional change for the SNCC?

the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965

the formation of the Black Panther Party in 1966

the rise of Stokely Carmichael to leader of the SNCC in 1966

the riots in Watts in 1965

A leader who believed that Islam could unify people of different races was

Martin Luther King Jr.

Stokely Carmichael.

Huey Newton.

Malcolm X.

Malcolm X was assassinated by members of the

Black Panthers.

US Army.

SNCC.

Nation of Islam.

When he suggested that change should be brought about “by any means necessary,” Malcolm X was

promoting violence to achieve civil rights goals.

fostering an atmosphere of nonviolence.

opposing any type of violent action.

indicating his views on segregation.

After Huey Newton went to jail in 1967, the Black Panther Party

encouraged the use of only nonviolent methods.

discouraged African American political organizations.

promoted the use of violence as an option.

called on African Americans to work with whites.

Malcolm X’s legacy in the civil rights movement includes the idea that African Americans

should stop fighting oppression.

could control their situation.

should form their own nation.

could not solve their problems.

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