Johnson's Great Society — Unit test

Question 1

In 1964, the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee launched

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a campaign to register African American voters.

Question 2

Which best describes the circumstances that led to Brown v. Board of Education?

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An 8-year-old girl had to walk through a dangerous area to attend an African American school each day.

Question 3

Which did President Kennedy send to the universities of Alabama and Mississippi in 1963?

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federal troops

Question 4

Which kept African Americans from nominating candidates for office?

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white primaries

Question 5

In December of 1956, the Supreme Court ended the bus boycott by ruling that

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Alabama’s segregation laws were unconstitutional.

Johnson's Great Society — Unit test Answers