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Civil Rights and Voting Rights — Unit test Answers

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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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Affirmative action policies could be best described as

A
accepted.
B
controversial.
C
successful.
D
unfair.
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Many immigrants from China to the United States

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were excluded from entering the United States in the 1960s.
w
were refugees who fled to the United States to avoid a war.
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were discriminated against as early as the 1800s.
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were unable to benefit from the Immigration Act of 1965.
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In Regents v. Bakke, the Supreme Court found that

A
racial quotas were not discriminatory.
B
Bakke should not have been admitted.
C
minority students could not be admitted over white students.
D
colleges could still consider race when admitting students.
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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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According to the Supreme Court ruling in Vernonia v. Acton,

A
students are not protected under the Fourth Amendment.
B
students and adults are not protected under the Fourth Amendment.
C
students are subject to less stringent government control than adults.
D
students are subject to more strict government control than adults.
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What action did President Johnson take regarding President Kennedy’s proposed Civil Rights Act?

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He vetoed the bill after Congress passed it.
H
He convinced many legislators to vote against it.
H
He rewrote it to make its requirements stricter.
H
He used public sympathy to push it through Congress.
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How were the beliefs of the Nation of Islam different from the beliefs of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

A
The Nation of Islam desired a sense of community with whites.
B
The Nation of Islam desired more interaction with whites.
C
The Nation of Islam believed in nonviolent resistance.
D
The Nation of Islam believed in black nationalism.
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The National Organization for Women wanted the US government to promote workplace equality by

A
outlawing maternity leave.
B
awarding women settlements of back pay.
C
passing Title IX.
D
allowing tax deductions for child care.
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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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What was a main tool used by the United Farm Workers in the 1960s to raise awareness about the plight of migrant farm workers?

A
boycotts
B
taking over federal buildings
C
violent protests
D
preservation of cultural areas
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Why did President Truman issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948?

A
to integrate baseball
B
to segregate the defense industry
C
to segregate baseball
D
to integrate the armed forces
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Which best describes how the Montgomery Bus Boycott affected the civil rights movement?

A
The boycott led to Montgomery being ignored by the movement.
B
The boycott started a massive nonviolent movement.
C
The boycott caused Martin Luther King Jr. to lose credibility.
D
The boycott ended segregation in public facilities in the South.
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Which statement best explains why the National Organization for Women included child care and maternity leave in their Bill of Rights for Women?

A
The organization recognized that working mothers faced special problems.
B
The organization wanted women to receive special treatment.
C
The organization sought to end the practice of mothers not working outside the home.
D
The organization was trying to free women from the institution of marriage.
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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.
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A reason for the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was

A
that the bus companies lost business.
B
that the protests were based on violence.
C
the increase in the number of riders.
D
that separate buses were run for African Americans.
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Since the 1960s, the Medicare and Medicaid programs have successfully

A
reduced discrimination against minorities in renting and housing.
B
increased the number of college graduates among all groups.
C
reduced the amount of military spending in the national budget.
D
increased the number of people who have health insurance.
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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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Branch Rickey was

A
a white general manager who opposed segregation in baseball.
B
an African American who organized baseball’s first Negro league.
C
an accomplished African American athlete and baseball team owner.
D
a white baseball player who defended segregation in the sport.
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Why did many South Koreans move to the United States in the 1960s?

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

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