Women's Rights Movement — Unit test

Question 1

Civil rights leaders wanted a strong federal law that would

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outlaw all discrimination on the basis of race.

Question 2

What action did President Johnson take regarding President Kennedy’s proposed Civil Rights Act?

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He used public sympathy to push it through Congress.

Question 3

best

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to fight for the civil rights of African Americans

Question 4

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

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Wallace wanted to block integration at the University of Alabama. ✓ Correct

Question 5

When it first formed in 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee

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did not promote the use of aggressive action.

Question 6

Many women reacted to The Feminine Mystique by feeling

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empowered to seek social and economic equality.

Question 7

Who urged Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act as part of his vision for a “Great Society”?

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 8

One reason President Johnson created the Great Society program was to

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carry on the social reform goals of his predecessor.

Women's Rights Movement — Unit test Answers