Movements for Equality - Test Test

Question 1

Brown v. Board of Education marked the NAACP’s greatest success in its fight to

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A: end segregation in all public education.

Question 2

A similarity between the Supreme Court decisions in New Jersey v. T. L. O. and Vernonia v. Acton is that

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A: students have rights, but they are somewhat limited by school discipline.

Question 3

In 1964, the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee launched

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B: a campaign to register African American voters.

Question 4

Which did President Kennedy send to the universities of Alabama and Mississippi in 1963?

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C: federal troops

Question 5

Which kept African Americans from nominating candidates for office?

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D: white primaries

Question 6

Which statement best describes President Lyndon Johnson?

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D: Johnson helped the United States transition after Kennedy’s death by honoring his predecessor’s policies.

Question 7

What factors contributed to the Watts riots of 1965?

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C: anger over widespread racism

Question 8

What did the change in immigration policies between the 1920s and the 1960s reveal about the United States?

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D: The country was becoming more open to diversity and equality.

Question 9

An example of workplace inequality would be

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A: women earning less than men for similar work.

Question 10

Elijah Muhammad, a leader of the Nation of Islam, promoted

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A: black nationalism.

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