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Chapters 18-19 Flashcards

1
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Which of these African Americans is famous for breaking into major league baseball?

a. Jackie Robinson
b. Ralph Abernathy
c. Thurgood Marshall

A

a. Jackie Robinson

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What was the significance of Hernandez v. Texas?

a. It extended Fourteenth Amendment protections to Mexican Americans.
b. It overturned Brown II
c. It organized national “White Citizens Councils”

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a. It extended Fourteenth Amendment protections to Mexican Americans.

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How long did the Montgomery bus boycott last?

a. 24 hours
b. one week
c. more than a year

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c. more than a year

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In return for the desegregation of interstate transportation

a. the Johnson administration agreed to arrest Mississippi activists
b. the Kennedy administration agreed not to stop the arrest of Mississippi activists
c. the Kennedy administration agreed to arrest Mississippi activitists

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b. the Kennedy administration agreed not to stop the arrest of Mississippi activists

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Why did Martin Luther King target Birmingham, Alabama for a civil rights campaign?

a. because of its strong support for civil rights
b. because it was considered the most segregated city in the South
c. because President Kennedy had been there

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b. because it was considered the most segregated city in the South

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To with city did President Eisenhower send federal troops to protect African American students?

a. Montgomery, Alabama
b. Little Rock, Arkansas
c. Topeka, Kansas

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b. Little Rock, Arkansas

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The first of the confrontations on the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the march on Selma became known as

a. “Black Friday”
b. “Freedom Summer”
c. “Bloody Sunday”

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c. “Bloody Sunday”

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Which civil rights organization won a number of important court cases against segregation in the 1950’s?

a. NAACP
b. MIA
c. SCLC

A

a. NAACP

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In a ruling known as Brown II, the Supreme Court

a. overturned Brown v. Board of Education
b. ordered the immediate implementation of Brown v. Board of Education
c. implemented “The Southern Manifesto.”

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b. ordered the immediate implementation of Brown v. Board of Education

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What were Jim Crow laws?

a. They were laws that protected African Americans
b. They were laws that restricted African American voting rights in the North
c. They were laws that enforced the strict separation of the races’

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c. They were laws that enforced the strict separation of the races’

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11
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Why were many Americans surprised when President Johnson supported civil rights?

a. As a congressman, he had authored “The Southern Manifesto”
b. He was a Southerner with an undistinguished record on racial matters
c. He had never been a strong supporter of Southern traditions

A

b. He was a Southerner with an undistinguished record on racial matters

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12
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Not long after the passage of the Voting Rights Acts of 1965, African Americans in several cities

a. rioted
b. assumed public office
c. reelected Pres. Johnson

A

a. rioted

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13
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What happened in hundreds of cities immediately after the assassination of Martin Luther King?

a. Local civil rights demonstrators declared marital law
b. There was little reaction to King’s death
c. Riots broke out

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c. Riots broke out

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14
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What is an argument that people used to precent affirmative action?

a. It would remedy the legacy of racial discrimination
b. It would violate the goal of creating a colorblind society
c. It would provide equal opportunities to all

A

b. It would violate the goal of creating a colorblind society

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15
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Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a. President Kennedy
b. President Johnson
c. President Nixon

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b. President Johnson

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16
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While in prison, Malcolm X became a convert to

a. the Nation of Islam
b. the Black Panthers
c. the SNCC

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a. the Nation of Islam

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17
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What civil rights measure was passed by Congress shortly after King’s assassination?

a. the Fair Housing Act
b. the Twenty-Fourth Amendment
c. the Kerner Commission

A

b. the Twenty-Fourth Amendment

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18
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According to Johnson, the primary role of government is to

a. protect older Americans
b. provide a decent income
c. support individual effort

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c. support individual effort

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19
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The Alliance for Progress provided what kind of assistance to Latin American countries?

a. economic
b. medical
c. military

A

a. economic

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20
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As the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev

a. the Soviet Union ended all nuclear testing
b. nearly forty countries ended aboveground nuclear tests
c. relations between the United States and the Soviet Union worsened

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b. nearly forty countries ended aboveground nuclear tests

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21
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What did President Kennedy’s domestic agenda primarily fight?

a. unemployment
b. Republicans
c. poverty

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c. poverty

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22
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Which of these was a result of the Equal Pay Act?

a. Employment practices became fairer
b. Men and women immediately began receiving identical pay
c. African Americans had more jobs opportunities

A

a. Employment practices became fairer

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23
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The Warren Commission concluded that

a. a foreign power had called for Kennedy’s assassination
b. Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in Kennedy’s assassination

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Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in Kennedy’s assassination

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24
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Kennedy’s military policies encouraged more funding for

a. nuclear weapons
b. the Special Forces
c. diplomatic solutions

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b. the Special Forces

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25
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The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow

a. Fidel Castro
b. Nikita Kruschev
c. the Batista regime

A

a. Fidel Castro

26
Q

Kennedy prevented completion of missile bases in Cuba by approving a. naval blockade

b. diplomatic treaty
c. trade boycott

A

a. naval blockade

27
Q

What issue led to the construction of the Berlin Wall?

a. new American intervention in Europe
b. America’s refusal to recognize a divided Germany
c. Soviet attempts to control all of Germany

A

b. America’s refusal to recognize a divided Germany

28
Q

One component of President Kennedy’s New Frontier was

a. significantly lower taxes for all Americans
b. equality for all Americans
c. higher employment rates in many sectors

A

b. equality for all Americans

29
Q

How did President Kennedy initially approach civil rights policies?

a. cautiously
b. boldly
c. half-heartedly

A

b. boldly

30
Q

From his time in Congress, Johnson was known for his skills in

a. compromise
b. debate
c. legislation

A

a. compromise

31
Q

After the assassination, President Kennedy was succeeded by

a. Lyndon Johnson
b. John Glenn
c. John Maynard Keynes

A

a. Lyndon Johnson

32
Q

physical manifestation of Germany’s political divison

A

Berlin Wall

33
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military strategy relying on both traditional and specialized units

A

flexible response

34
Q

revolutionary leader who instituted a communist regime in Cuba

A

Fidel Castro

35
Q

President Kennedy’s vision for America

A

New Frontier

36
Q

program to provide basic health care to poor and disabled Americans

A

Medicaid

37
Q

legislation that banned discrimination based on race or sex

A

Civil Rights Act

38
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President Johnson’s social welfare plan

A

Great Society

39
Q

group that invested Kennedy’s assassination

A

Warren Commission

40
Q

strategy used by President Kennedy to improve the economy

A

deficit spending

41
Q

John F. Kennedy’s opponent in 1960

A

Richard M. Nixon

42
Q

What effect did the Cold War have on the American space program?

a. Competition with the Soviet Union spurred American space missions
b. The need for nuclear weapons led to less sophisticated rocket technology

A

a. Competition with the Soviet Union spurred American space missions

43
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The purpose of the Civil Rights Act was to

a. initiate the War on Poverty
b. fight discrimination based on race & sex

A

b. fight discrimination based on race & sex

44
Q

Which of these came first in Johnson’s War on Poverty?

a. Civil Rights Act
b. Economic Opportunity Act
c. Medicare

A

b. Economic Opportunity Act

45
Q

Which of these groups benefited from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act?

a. inner city schools
b. private schools
c. suburban schools

A

a. inner city schools

46
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What was one result of the Great Society

a. Poverty was eliminated in the United States
b. The lives of many underprivileged Americans improved
c. President Johnson’s popularity plummeted

A

b. The lives of many underprivileged Americans improved

47
Q

The Warren Court often made rulings that

a. supported civil liberties
b. strengthened federal government
c. reflected conservative values

A

a. supported civil liberties

48
Q

Why was the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 necessary?

a. Existing American immigration policies were discriminatory
b. Too many immigrants were coming to the United States each year

A

a. Existing American immigration policies were discriminatory

49
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attempted to determine the causes of the 1967 riots

A

Kerner Commission

50
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term coined by SNCC leader Stokley Carmichael

A

black power

51
Q

best-known African American radical activist

A

Malcolm X

52
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racial separation imposed by law

A

de jure segregation

53
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a massive 1964 effort to register African American voters in Mississippi

A

Freedom Summer

54
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bus trip stages by CORE to defy segregationist codes

A

freedom ride

55
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banned literacy test for voter registration

A

Voting Rights Act of 1965

56
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helped NAACP win desegregation case against “Ole Miss”

A

James Meredith

57
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case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

A

Brown v. Board of Education

58
Q

African American attorney who led a legal challenge against segregation

A

Thurgood Marshall

59
Q

Explain how this section of the Fair Housing Act deals with discrimination.

A

No one should be taken away the privilege to rent/buy a home based on their sex, color, etc.

60
Q

Given the information shown, why do you think President Kennedy demanded that construction of Soviet missiles on Cuba be immediately stopped?

A

He demanded it to be stopped because Cuba is right next to the U.S.A. so when the missiles are launched there will be no time for the people to prepare for the nuclear attack. More people will die if they aren’t prepared. It is also too close fro Americans early warning system to work.

61
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In the excerpt above, what two specific activities are protected from discrimination?

a. employment and housing
b. housing and employment
c. voting and employment

A

c. voting and employment

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