Women's Rights Movement — Unit test Answers

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Which best describes the reaction in the South to Brown v. Board of Education?

A
The South complied with the Supreme Court’s deadline for integration, despite the resentment of many Southerners.
B
The South complied quickly, but school districts filed numerous lawsuits against the US government.
C
The South resisted integration for years by staging protests and fighting desegregation in court.
D
The South increased spending on African American schools to maintain its segregated school system.
3

Why did many South Koreans move to the United States in the 1960s?

t
the chance of family reunions
w
war in their homeland
p
poverty in their homeland
r
religious persecution
4

Which best describes how Brown v. Board of Education affected the United States?

A
It prompted the creation of the Southern Manifesto.
B
It forced Southern states to segregate their schools.
C
It dealt a blow to segregation in public facilities.
D
It allowed Linda Brown to attend a better public school.
5

Opponents of affirmative action argued that the programs

A
did not address present-day discrimination.
B
helped white students with the highest grades.
C
were unfair to white students with higher grades.
D
were appropriate in certain situations.
6

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
Only a few children emigrated from Vietnam because families of US service personnel faced restrictive policies.
C
War refugees were kept from entering the country because they were considered illegal immigrants.
D
Fewer Vietnamese people were interested in immigrating to the United States in the wake of the war.
7

Affirmative action policies could be best described as

A
accepted.
B
controversial.
C
successful.
D
unfair.
8

In the summer of 1967, one hundred fifty riots occurred to protest

A
new laws.
B
racial equality.
C
racial inequality.
D
religious differences.

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