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CHAPTER
Challenges and Changes
21 GUIDED READING

in the Movement
Section 3 BOXES ARE TRANSPARENT.
A. As you read this section, make notes to answer the questions.

1. What is the main difference between de facto and de jure segregation?

De facto is segregation by practice, de jure is segregation by law

2. How did the ideas of SNCC differ from those of the Nation of Islam?
SNCC didn't believe in segregation, nation of islam wanted african americans to separate from
each other

3. How did the early views of Malcolm X differ from his later ideas?
He hated white people at first, but then thought that white people and african americans were equal

4. What changes took place in Stokely Carmichael’s membership in civil rights organizations?
He was with SNCC, then formed the black panthers

5. How did the ideas of SNCC differ from those of the Black Panthers?
SNCC didn't believe in violence, black panthers did

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6. What gains were made by the civil rights and Black Power movements? Identify four.
a. b. c. d.
end of de jure rights by law more african americans African Americans had
segregation graduated from schools more pride

B. On the back of this paper, briefly explain what changes or reforms each of the following
called for: Black Power, the Kerner Commission, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

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Challenges and Changes
21 RETEACHING ACTIVITY

in the Movement
Section 3

Completion

Choose the best answer for each item. Write the letter of your answer in the blank.

_____ 1. The civil rights leader who preached that blacks should separate from white society was
a. Martin Luther King, Jr.
b. James Meredith.
c. Malcolm X.
d. Fannie Lou Hamer.

_____ 2. The Kerner Commission blamed much of the rioting that plagued Northern cities during
the mid-1960s on
a. white racism.
b. television violence.
c. lax police policies.
d. militant African Americans.

_____ 3. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 ended discrimination in

a. housing.
b. schools.
c. churches.
d. restaurants.

_____ 4. The nation experienced the worst urban rioting in its history in the days following the
assassination of
a. John F. Kennedy.
b. Robert Kennedy.
c. Malcolm X.
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d. Martin Luther King, Jr..

_____ 5. Civil Rights leaders criticized the fact that much of the money for President Johnson’s War
on Poverty had been redirected to help fund
a. the space program.
b. the Vietnam War.
c. medical research.
d. expressway construction.

_____ 6. Between 1965 and 1992 the number of African Americans holding elected offices grew
from less than 100 to about
a. 3,000.
b. 7,000
c. 10,000.
d. 15,000.

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