Social Movements 1960s and 1970s

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In 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981. What did this order call for?

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desegregation of the armed forces

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What lawsuit was brought before the Supreme Court in 1952 to challenge the constitutionality of school segregation laws? Options: Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, Brown v. Board of Education, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Swann v. Charolette-Mecklenburg Board of Education

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Which of these tactics did Martin Luther King Jr. and Southern Christian Leadership Conference use most effectively in their struggle to win equal rights for African Americans? armed rebellion, affirmative action, nonviolent resistance, reverse discrimination

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nonviolent resistance

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The photograph below was taken during a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. What resulted from these events shown in the photograph and the publicity they generated?

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City leaders agreed to desegregate public facilities in Birmingham.

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The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed racial discrimination in all of the following except: employment, housing, public accommodations, public schools

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housing

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What led to the formation of the Kerner Commission? The statement below is from Kerner Commission Report, issued in 1968. Social and economic conditions...constituted a clear pattern of severe disadvantage for Negroes compared with whites.

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the spread of race riots in Watts to other urban ghettos

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Examine the circle graphs. How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 help to bring about the change shown in these graphs?

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It required federal supervision of voter registration in parts of the South.

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Read the description below.
*Joined the Nation of Islam in 1952 to promote black nationalism. Rejected nonviolence as a strategy to bring about change. Converted to orthodox Islam in 1964 and reached out to people of all races.*
Which person do these descriptions *best* fit?

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Malcom X

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Which of these groups sent observers into the streets armed with law books and shotguns to protect blacks from police mistreatment in the 1960s?
Options: Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, Congressional Black Caucus, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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Black Panthers

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Examine the circle graphs. Which of the following was most responsible for the trend shown in these graphs? Options: affirmative action, black nationalism, civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance

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affirmative action