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Which best describes the ideas of Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama?

A
Wallace wanted to promote integration at the University of Mississippi.
B
Wallace wanted to block integration at the University of Alabama.
C
Wallace believed that all students should be admitted to state universities.
D
Wallace thought the government should decide whether to integrate state universities.
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Which best describes the NAACP’s strategy for ending segregation in public schools?

A
The NAACP devoted all of its resources to winning Brown v. Board of Education .
B
The NAACP challenged segregation by filing lawsuits in several states.
C
The NAACP sent African American students into all-white schools.
D
The NAACP encouraged African American students to boycott segregated schools.
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Which statement best explains why the National Organization for Women included child care and maternity leave in their Bill of Rights for Women?

A
The organization wanted women to receive special treatment.
B
The organization was trying to free women from the institution of marriage.
C
The organization recognized that working mothers faced special problems.
D
The organization sought to end the practice of mothers not working outside the home.
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The first draft of the Civil Rights Act

A
allowed Southern states to continue Jim Crow laws.
B
allowed segregation to continue in some public locations.
C
called for a “Great Society” to honor civil rights.
D
called for more protections for African American voting rights.
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Which best states how and when desegregation occurred in the US military?

A
President Truman desegregated the military at the beginning of World War II.
B
President Truman desegregated the military after the end of World War II.
C
President Roosevelt desegregated the military after the end of World War II.
D
President Roosevelt desegregated the military at the beginning of World War II.
6

Many women reacted to The Feminine Mystique by feeling

A
powerless to do anything to better their situation.
B
empowered to seek social and economic equality.
C
hopeless about the obstacles that stood in their way.
D
more content in their traditional cultural roles.
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What action did President Johnson take regarding President Kennedy’s proposed Civil Rights Act?

A
He rewrote it to make its requirements stricter.
B
He used public sympathy to push it through Congress.
C
He convinced many legislators to vote against it.
D
He vetoed the bill after Congress passed it.
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Why did Malcolm X leave the Nation of Islam?

A
He wanted to promote separatist views.
B
He believed that Christianity could unify races.
C
He disagreed with their religious views.
D
He disagreed with their separatist views.
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Although Brown v. Board of Education established that the segregation of schools was unconstitutional,

A
African Americans did not want to attend all-white schools.
B
many people in the North strongly resisted integration.
C
civil rights activists feared integration would lead to violence.
D
many white Southerners strongly resisted integration.
10

Affirmative action policies could be best described as

A
successful.
B
accepted.
C
controversial.
D
unfair.
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One reason President Johnson created the Great Society program was to

A
carry on the social reform goals of his predecessor.
B
strengthen Secret Service protections for the president.
C
overturn several policies of the previous administration.
D
give the United States an advantage in the space race.
12

According to the Supreme Court ruling in Vernonia v. Acton ,

A
students are subject to less stringent government control than adults.
B
students are not protected under the Fourth Amendment.
C
students are subject to more strict government control than adults.
D
students and adults are not protected under the Fourth Amendment.
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Which best describes how Brown v. Board of Education affected the United States?

A
It allowed Linda Brown to attend a better public school.
B
It prompted the creation of the Southern Manifesto.
C
It dealt a blow to segregation in public facilities.
D
It forced Southern states to segregate their schools.
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Which best describes how the Montgomery Bus Boycott affected the civil rights movement?

A
The boycott caused Martin Luther King Jr. to lose credibility.
B
The boycott started a massive nonviolent movement.
C
The boycott led to Montgomery being ignored by the movement.
D
The boycott ended segregation in public facilities in the South.
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A reason for the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was

A
that the bus companies lost business.
B
the increase in the number of riders.
C
that separate buses were run for African Americans.
D
that the protests were based on violence.
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When it first formed in 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee

A
did not promote the use of aggressive action.
B
was centered around the idea of Black Power.
C
was considered a violent group.
D
had Huey Newton as its founding leader.
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Why did President Truman issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948?

A
to segregate the defense industry
B
to segregate baseball
C
to integrate the armed forces
D
to integrate baseball
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Who urged Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act as part of his vision for a “Great Society”?

A
George Wallace
B
Lyndon B. Johnson
C
Martin Luther King Jr.
D
John F. Kennedy
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How did the Vietnam War affect immigration to the United States in the 1970s?

A
Asian immigration increased because many Vietnamese people escaped the chaos and violence after the war.
B
War refugees were kept from entering the country because they were considered illegal immigrants.
C
Only a few children emigrated from Vietnam because families of US service personnel faced restrictive policies.
D
Fewer Vietnamese people were interested in immigrating to the United States in the wake of the war.
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Many immigrants from China to the United States

A
were excluded from entering the United States in the 1960s.
B
were discriminated against as early as the 1800s.
C
were refugees who fled to the United States to avoid a war.
D
were unable to benefit from the Immigration Act of 1965.

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