Other Perspectives on Civil Rights

Question 1

Which ideas did members of the Nation of Islam support?

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black nationalism

Question 2

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

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promoting violence to achieve civil rights goals.

Question 3

The Black Panther Party believed that

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African Americans were responsible for solving their own problems.

Question 4

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

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promoted the use of violence as an option.

Question 5

Order was restored during the Detroit Riots

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after the National Guard arrived.

Question 6

How did the Black Power movement change the civil rights movement?

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It discouraged alliances with supportive and sympathetic whites.

Question 7

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

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Malcolm X.

Question 8

Malcolm X was assassinated by members of the

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Nation of Islam.

Question 9

Which statement best illustrates a philosophical change during the civil rights movement of the 1960s?

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Malcolm X parted ways with the Nation of Islam.

Question 10

Which leader of the SNCC promoted Black Power?

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Stokely Carmichael

Other Perspectives on Civil Rights Answers