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- 1. Multiple Choice
During the 1960s, the actions of Cesar Chavez led to improved conditions for
(1) coal miners
(2) migrant farm workers
(3) autoworkers
(4) health care workers
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was the reason the Equal Rights Amendment did not become part of the United States Constitution?
(1) President Ronald Reagan vetoed it.
(2) Three-fourths of the states did not ratify it.
(3) The National Organization for Women (NOW) did not support it.
(4) The Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) are all associated with which movement?
(1) temperance
(2) abolition
(3) civil rights
(4) environmentalism
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which conclusion can be drawn from an examination of these 1947 newspaper headlines concerning Jackie Robinson?
(1) Robinson’s integration of major league baseball was an important event in the history of civil rights.
(2) Robinson went on to organize the civil rights movement.
(3) Sports fans overwhelmingly encouraged the desegregation of public accommodations.
(4) Robinson’s major league debut had no impact on race relations in the United States.
- 5. Multiple Choice
A goal of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to
(1) eliminate discrimination in housing
(2) implement job-training programs
(3) increase equal rights for African Americans
(4) end barriers to voting faced by African Americans
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which two issues led to protests and riots in many American cities during the 1960s?
(1) space exploration and environmental pollution
(2) the Vietnam War and racial injustice
(3) inadequate health care and women’s liberation
(4) gasoline shortages and illegal immigration
- 7. Multiple Choice
Samuel Gompers, John L. Lewis, and Cesar Chavez are best known for their efforts to
(1) create a universal health-care system
(2) ensure the profits of farm owners
(3) expand the rights of workers
(4) promote the development of big business
- 8. Multiple Choice
What was the primary method used by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to advance civil rights?
(1) nonviolent protest of segregation practices
(2) support for black separatism
(3) pursuit of elective public office
(4) practical education for economic gain
- 9. Multiple Choice
After World War II, President Harry Truman advanced the rights of African Americans by
(1) issuing an order to end segregation in the military
(2) signing legislation to ban poll taxes
(3) appointing a racially diverse Supreme Court
(4) ending discrimination in public accommodations
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the principal strategy used by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to achieve equal rights in the United States?
(1) advocating separation of the races
(2) counseling African Americans to attend vocational schools
(3) encouraging the use of civil disobedience
(4) creating a new political party
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was a major result of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society of the 1960s?
(1) Government agencies like Social Security lost support.
(2) Military spending fell to its lowest level in 50 years.
(3) Programs like Medicare and the Job Corps were created to reduce poverty
(4) The federal government operated on a balanced budget.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Affirmative action programs were begun in the mid-1960s primarily as a way to
(1) reduce unemployment in the rural South
(2) increase economic and educational opportunities for minorities
(3) rebuild public housing in urban areas
(4) win public support for tax cuts
- 13. Multiple Choice
During the 1960s, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used sit-ins primarily to
(1) protest high college tuition costs
(2) promote passage of clean air laws
(3) support voting rights for 18-year-old citizens
(4) challenge racially segregated public facilities
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which event during the civil rights movement is most closely associated with President Dwight Eisenhower?
(1) granting permission for the March on Washington
(2) urging the Brooklyn Dodgers to sign Jackie Robinson
(3) supporting the sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina
(4) using federal troops to integrate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas
- 15. Multiple Choice
A major goal of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society program was to
(1) contain communism in Southeast Asia
(2) create a space program
(3) reduce poverty in the United States
(4) cut domestic programs to balance the budget
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which title best completes the partial outline below?
(1) Latino Women Gain Equal Pay
(2) Civil Rights Movement Achieves Victories
(3) Native American Indians Regain Land Rights
(4) Persons With Disabilities Win Educational Opportunities
- 17. Multiple Choice
One way in which President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society are similar is that both programs
(1) made civil rights for African Americans a major goal
(2) drew wide support and few critics
(3) helped to end major depressions
(4) attempted to improve the lives of the poor and the aged
- 18. Multiple Choice
During the 1960s and 1970s, Cesar Chavez worked to unionize migrant farm workers by
(1) seizing the land of the lettuce and grape growers
(2) securing passage of federal legislation to limit immigration
(3) using nonviolent tactics such as boycotts and hunger strikes
(4) urging growers to reduce the workforce through mechanization
- 19. Multiple Choice
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953–1969) is considered one of the most liberal in United States history because it
(1) worked effectively with lower courts
(2) gained the overwhelming support of the American people
(3) expanded civil rights and the rights of the accused
(4) favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution
- 20. Multiple Choice
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society programs built on ideas set forth in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal by
(1) supporting the expansion of social welfare programs
(2) reinstating government loyalty lists
(3) opposing new immigration reform measures
(4) relying on balancing the federal budget
- 21. Multiple Choice
The situation shown in this 1950 photograph is a direct result of the
(1) Great Migration
(2) application of grandfather clauses
(3) passage of Jim Crow laws
(4) Montgomery bus boycott
- 22. Multiple Choice
One way in which the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 are similar is that they have
(1) extended free speech protections for students while in school
(2) increased the number of eligible voters
(3) helped overcome discrimination against certain groups
(4) slowed down the construction of public buildings
- 23. Multiple Choice
During the early 20th century, W. E. B. Du Bois was best known as a leader in the
(1) creation of technical schools for African Americans
(2) formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
(3) development of the “Back to Africa” movement
(4) effort to modernize farming in the South
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which circumstance is most clearly illustrated by this photograph?
(1) equality in accommodations experienced by African Americans
(2) discrimination while serving one’s country
(3) civil disobedience being used to protest racial segregation
(4) social changes in New York City after World War II
- 25. Multiple Choice
Conditions such as the one shown in the photograph were legally ended by the
(1) issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
(2) ratification of the 15th amendment in 1870
(3) decision in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896
(4) passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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