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Early Civil Rights Movements — Unit test Answers

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In upholding Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, the Supreme Court claimed that

A
segregation did not constitute discrimination.
B
the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to southern states.
C
discrimination was necessary in order to maintain public order.
D
segregation was unconstitutional based on the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Which of the following did Emma Hart Willard accomplish in 1826?

A
She persuaded Oberlin College to admit women.
B
She persuaded the courts to legalize contraception.
C
She organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
D
She founded the first all-girls high school in the US.
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Why did Taft’s opponent in the 1908 presidential race claim that Taft was running two campaigns?

A
Taft campaigned as a progressive Republican in the West and a conservative Republican in the East.
B
Taft planned to continue Roosevelt’s policies and introduce some of Bryant’s policies as president.
C
Taft campaigned as a Republican in some states and as a Democrat in others.
D
Taft encouraged progressive Republicans to join the Democratic Party.
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Which of the following best defines a graduated income tax?

A
an income tax that increases with a person’s level of education
B
an income tax that replaces an earlier tax, such as a tariff
C
a tax in which higher earners pay more than lower earners
D
a tax that is scheduled to increase with time
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Which best describes a similarity between W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington?

A
both believed in the accommodationist approach to racial segregation
B
both engaged in activism to end racial segregation
C
both supported full racial equality
D
both formed the Niagara Movement
6

In what year was the Fourteenth Amendment ratified?

A
1863
B
1866
C
1868
D
1870
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Taft’s passage of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act created a problem for Roosevelt progressives because:

A
it did little to lower taxes.
B
it raised taxes.
C
it was not progressive enough.
D
it did not help business.
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An important environmental debate in the United States in 1900 was

A
whether to use wilderness resources.
B
whether to ban factories in cities.
C
whether to drill for oil offshore.
D
whether to use coal.
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Which progressive political reform did Taft support during his presidency?

A
the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act
B
the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment
C
the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
D
the passage of legislation against trust-busting
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A grandfather clause was a law that

A
required voters to pay a tax in order to vote.
B
required voters to pass a test in order to vote.
C
allowed white voters to avoid discriminatory laws.
D
allowed only older African Americans to vote.
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What effect, if any, did Plessy v. Ferguson have on the South’s Jim Crow laws?

A
The case had no effect on the laws.
B
The case weakened the laws.
C
The case strengthened the laws.
D
The case invalidated the laws.
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How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?

A
Many women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given the right to vote.
B
Women served as nurses and ambulance drivers during the war, convincing people to support their right to vote.
C
Women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist movement.
D
Women took factory jobs in the US during the war, but their work did not impact the suffragist movement.
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What was Upton Sinclair’s main purpose in writing The Jungle?

A
to promote the socialist views that he adopted as an adult
B
to explain why journalists had an obligation to tell the truth
C
to arouse public sympathy for slaughterhouse workers
D
to prompt Congress to pass food-safety laws
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Which of the following granted citizenship to all African Americans?

A
the Thirteenth Amendment
B
the Fourteenth Amendment
C
the Reconstruction Acts
D
the Black Codes
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The Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson decision ruled that Louisiana’s Separate Car Act

A
promoted unconstitutional segregation.
B
helped maintain public peace and good order.
C
did not constitute segregation.
D
was required under the Fourteenth Amendment.

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