Challenges of Emancipation
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Which of the following was a concern for policymakers and officials at the beginning of the decade?

  • The denial of rights
  • The fulfillment of rights
  • The prevention of disorder
  • The preservation of law and order (correct)

    • What did President Johnson believe was the cause of urban unrest?

  • Equal opportunity programs
  • Lack of civil rights legislation
  • Discriminatory policing strategies (correct)
  • Structural exclusion

    • What did President Johnson view the actions of black residents during the unrest as?

  • Criminal (correct)
  • Civil rights activism
  • Self-defense
  • Protest

    • What did President Johnson believe offered a sufficient cure for the issues faced by African Americans?

    <p>Civil rights legislation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did President Johnson call the federal government's War on Crime?

    <p>March 1965</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson declare as the immediate overriding issue in New York?

    <p>Preservation of law and order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson recognize about African Americans who engaged in direct action protest and collective violence?

    <p>They shared similar grievances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson pledge his administration would not allow any part of America to become?

    <p>A jungle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson believe went hand in hand with the fulfillment of rights?

    <p>Prevention of disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson say the denial of rights invites?

    <p>Increased disorder and violence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During which decade did the social dynamite explode, despite civil rights reform and the War on Poverty?

    <p>1960s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson declare as the immediate overriding issue in New York?

    <p>Preservation of law and order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson view the actions of black residents during the unrest as?

    <p>Criminal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson believe was the cause of urban unrest?

    <p>Discriminatory policing strategies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson believe went hand in hand with the fulfillment of rights?

    <p>Prevention of disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson believe offered a sufficient cure for the issues faced by African Americans?

    <p>Equal opportunity programs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson pledge his administration would not allow any part of America to become?

    <p>A jungle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson say the denial of rights invites?

    <p>Increased disorder and violence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Johnson recognize about African Americans who engaged in direct action protest and collective violence?

    <p>They had legitimate grievances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the concern for policymakers and officials at the beginning of the decade?

    <p>Social dynamite</p> Signup and view all the answers

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