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Bell Quiz

Bell Quiz. 1. Who assassinated Dr. King? (pgs. 717-723) 2. How many people were killed during the Watts Riots? (pgs. 717-723) 3. Where did President Johnson give his “Great Society” speech? (pgs. 686-693)

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Bell Quiz

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  1. Bell Quiz 1. Who assassinated Dr. King? (pgs. 717-723) 2. How many people were killed during the Watts Riots? (pgs. 717-723) 3. Where did President Johnson give his “Great Society” speech? (pgs. 686-693) 4. What was the Supreme Courts ruling in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education? (pgs. 794-801) 5. What is affirmative action? (pgs. 717-723)

  2. De Facto vs. De Jure segregation De Facto Segregation: Segregation that exists by practice and custom (North). De Jure Segregation: Segregation that exists by law (Jim Crow laws in South).

  3. Answers 1. James Earl Ray 2. 34 3. The University of Michigan 4. School districts may bus student to other schools to end the pattern of all black or all white educational institutions. 5. Programs making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination.

  4. Dr. King’s Assassination • April 4, 1968: James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. King as he stood on a hotel balcony in Memphis. • Dr. King was in Memphis to support the cities striking garbage workers. • Kings death lead to the worst urban rioting in U.S. history.

  5. Watts Riots • A large-scale riot which lasted six days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. • Occurred during a period of rioting across the nation in response to Dr. King’s murder. • 34 people were killed. • Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property was destroyed.

  6. President Johnson’s Great Society • A legislative program that Johnson envisioned would end poverty, and racial injustice. • By 1969, Congress had passed 206 of Johnson's measures. • The legislation created programs to improve: Education, Healthcare, Housing, Immigration, the environment, and consumer protection.

  7. Busing • In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that school districts may bus student to other schools to end the pattern of all black or all white educational institutions.

  8. Affirmative Action • Affirmative action programs involve making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination. • Many colleges and almost all companies that do business with the federal government adopted these programs. • In the late 1970s, some people began to criticize affirmative action programs as “reverse discrimination” • Argument was that affirmative action set minority hiring or enrollment quotas and deprived whites of opportunities. • Today the fate of affirmative action is still being debated.

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