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- 1. Multiple Choice
Effects; Separate educational facilities and resources for white and African-American students, Social isolation of races; what was the cause?
Segregation
Integration
G.I. Bill
Civil Rights legislation
- 2. Multiple Choice
At our first stop in Virginia...I was confronted with "separate but equal". A modern rest station with gleaming counters and picture windows was labeled "white", and a small wooden shack beside it was labeled "colored". - Situations such as this were directly improved by?
the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Plessy v. Ferguson
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Korematsu v. United States
- 3. Multiple Choice
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of it's creed:" - The words are from a speech by?
Harry S. Truman
Rosa Parks
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus started the Montgomery bus boycott?
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sojourner Truth
- 5. Multiple Choice
"States are prohibited from imposing any voting qualifications or prerequisite to voting or to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color" - Which of the following is being described in the document?
Armed Forces Desegregation Act
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the Voting Rights Act of 1965
G.I. Bill
- 6. Multiple Choice
"Extends voting rights and outlaws racial discrimination in schools and the workplace and by facilities that serve the general public" - Which of the following is being described in the document?
Armed Forces Desegregation Act
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the Voting Rights Act of 1965
G.I. Bill
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Civil Rights Movement opposed Plessy v. Ferguson and its premise of?
separate but equal
equal rights for all races
different pay for men and women
voting rights for women
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which worked mainly to improve conditions for women?
United Nations (UN)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Organization for Women (NOW)
- 9. Multiple Choice
The types of protests against segregation facilitated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was called?
massive resistance
organized resistance
passive resistance
racial resistance
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the best title for the list?
Airlines (Jet Engine)
Automobiles & Interstate Highway
Entertainment and News Media
Space Exploration
Computers
Satellite Systems
Internet
Industries that Helped End World War II
Industries Benefitting from New Technologies
Industries that Relied on Old Technologies
Industries that Practiced Unfair Hiring Practices
- 11. Multiple Choice
In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that...
separate but equal schools were unconstitutional
public schools should be segregated
all children should attend public schools
schools should be given equal amounts of money
- 12. Multiple Choice
In 1961, the Freedom Riders rode buses to?
demonstrate against air pollution
protest American involvement in Vietnam
demonstrate in support of equal rights for women
test segregation laws in the South
- 13. Multiple Choice
Global Influenza Pandemic Continues to Spread! - The newspaper article shows how the United States must monitor and create policies on?
climate
conversation
health
energy
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following represents major civil rights legislation during the Civil Rights Movement?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
21st Amendment
24th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1899
- 15. Multiple Choice
Disadvantages women faced in the workplace during the Civil Rights Movement included?
longer work days
discrimination in hiring
lower wages than men
separate but equal facilities
- 16. Multiple Choice
Directions: Circle all of the correct answers
Which of the following are key environmental issues?
More people trying to immigrate to America than is allowed by law
The debate over climate change
Conservation of water and other natural resources
Policies to protect the global environment
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which federal law entitles children and young adults access to a free and appropriate education?
Equal Rights Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- 18. Match
Match the citizens with the contribution they are most associated
with during the 20th century.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Ray Kroc
Bill Gates
J Robert Oppenheimer
Maya Angelou
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