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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>March 1965 (B)</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 (D)</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 (C)</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 (D)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did President Johnson say the denial of rights invites?

<p>Increased disorder and violence (B)</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 (C)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Criminal (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Discriminatory policing strategies (C)</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 (C)</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 (A)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did President Johnson say the denial of rights invites?

<p>Increased disorder and violence (C)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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