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AMH 2097-03
R. Peace, instructor
Part III-b -- Blackboard Notes (final)
I. Adam Fairclough, Martin Luther King, Jr ., QUIZ -- Chapters 7 & 8
1. All of the following had debilitating economic effects on African Americans in
northern cities EXCEPT:
A. Factory jobs were becoming increasingly scarce in the 1960s.
B. In 1964, riots occurred in New York, Rochester, and Philadelphia.
C. President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty” was an utter failure.
D. Racial discrimination was common practice in various industries.
2. M. L. King’s campaign in Chicago in 1966 was aimed at: 3. Did the Chicago campaign succeed? Explain.
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4. After the Chicago campaign, King realized that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the
Voting Rights Act of 1965:
5. M. L. King criticized the Vietnam War because: 6. King’s criticisms of the Vietnam War:
A. Continued unbroken from 1965 until his death.
B. Alienated him from President Johnson.
C. Increased his prestige among conservative blacks.
D. All of the above
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7. The Black Power Movement of the 1960s:
8. In October 1967, King unveiled plans for a:
9. The 1968 Civil Rights Act: