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Civil Rights and Voting Rights — Unit test Answers

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Both the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

A
coordinated protest marches in the North.
B
organized freedom rides in the South.
C
organized freedom rides in the North.
D
organized boycotts in the North and South.
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Civil rights leaders wanted a strong federal law that would

A
punish Southern states that had discriminatory laws.
B
outlaw all discrimination on the basis of race.
C
end gender discrimination in the workplace.
D
give African Americans the right to vote.
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What action did President Johnson take regarding President Kennedy’s proposed Civil Rights Act?

A
He vetoed the bill after Congress passed it.
B
He convinced many legislators to vote against it.
C
He rewrote it to make its requirements stricter.
D
He used public sympathy to push it through Congress.
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Although Brown v. Board of Education established that the segregation of schools was unconstitutional,

A
many white Southerners strongly resisted integration.
B
civil rights activists feared integration would lead to violence.
C
African Americans did not want to attend all-white schools.
D
many people in the North strongly resisted integration.
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After the passage of the Civil Rights Act, civil rights activists wanted to

A
overturn the Fifteenth Amendment.
B
overturn the Twenty-Fourth Amendment.
C
elect John F. Kennedy.
D
improve voting rights in the South.
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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 Roosevelt desegregated the military at the beginning of World War II.
C
President Roosevelt desegregated the military after the end of World War II.
D
President Truman desegregated the military after the end of World War II.
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The first draft of the Civil Rights Act

A
allowed Southern states to continue Jim Crow laws.
B
called for a “Great Society” to honor civil rights.
C
allowed segregation to continue in some public locations.
D
called for more protections for African American voting rights.
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How did the ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut start the debate over reproductive rights?

A
The ruling outlawed abortion.
B
The ruling legalized adoption.
C
The ruling legalized birth control.
D
The ruling outlawed sex education.
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What problem was the Medicare program created to solve?

A
the lack of health care for low-income families
B
the lack of health care for older people
C
the lack of food for low-income families
D
the lack of housing for older people
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Long after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, some states had not desegregated their schools because

A
they decided to close down their schools rather than desegregate.
B
the Supreme Court had made desegregation voluntary.
C
they rejected the Court decision by popular vote.
D
the Supreme Court had not set a deadline for doing so.
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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.
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Why did many South Koreans move to the United States in the 1960s?

A
the chance of family reunions
B
war in their homeland
C
poverty in their homeland
D
religious persecution
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One reason President Johnson created the Great Society program was to

A
give the United States an advantage in the space race.
B
strengthen Secret Service protections for the president.
C
overturn several policies of the previous administration.
D
carry on the social reform goals of his predecessor.
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Which statement best supports the fact that the United States is becoming more diverse?

A
Quotas restricting immigration from certain parts of the world have been removed, but there are still limits on immigration.
B
By 2050, more than half the population of the United States will belong to an ethnic minority group.
C
Between 2007 and 2009, the number of illegal immigrants in the United States dropped from nearly 12 million to less than 11 million.
D
More people in the United States are of Latin American ancestry than of Asian ancestry.
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The cases Sweatt v. Painter and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents expanded

A
employment rights.
B
voting rights.
C
the right to serve in the armed forces.
D
the right to equal education.
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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.

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