Civil Rights & Vietnam EOC Review

Civil Rights & Vietnam EOC Review

Multiple Choice

Plessy v. Ferguson established that...

• segregation was unconstitutional

• increased minority voting rights

• "separate-but-equal" was constitutional

• prohibited discrimination in the work place

Plessy v. Ferguson stated that segregation was legal as long as the facilities were equal

Multiple Choice

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) was important to the Civil Rights Movement because it...

• stated that segregation was legal

• ended legal segregation

• made poll taxes legal

• made literacy tests legal

Brown v. Board of Education began the process of desegregation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best reflects the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• prohibited segregation and discrimination in public states

• effort to support women's right to vote

• attempted to maintain the status quo

• provide education funding for students

LBJ signed this legislation which also established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Multiple Choice

Dr. Martin Luther King supported the approach of...

• civil disobedience

• separatism

• maintaining the status quo

• segregation

Dr. King felt that unjust laws should be opposed with non-violent tactics

Multiple Choice

Political groups such as the League of United Latin American Citizens, La Raza Unida, and the American Indian Movement contributed to...

• the rise of the anti-war movement

• increased minority participation in the political process

• widespread prosperity among minorities

• maintaining the status quo

These political groups gave a voice to minority issues

Multiple Choice

The Domino Theory was based on the view that...

• diplomacy was the only way to settle disputes

• the U.S. should not get involved in other countries' disputes

• the U.S. might fall to communism

• if one country fell to communism, others might follow

This Domino Theory guided U.S. involvement in Vietnam

Multiple Choice

The 26th Amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18?

• True

• False

This was done in response to the protest over 18 year olds being drafted but not being able to vote.

Multiple Choice

The anti-war movement grew as a result of the fall of Saigon to North Vietnam?

• True

• False

The anti-war movement grew as a result of the Tet Offensive, the credibility gap, the draft and media reports that made the war difficult for some to support.

Multiple Choice

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the executive branch the military power to respond when attacked.

• True

• False

After reporting an attack by North Vietnamese, Congress authorized President Johnson to take military action.

Multiple Choice

Nixon's policy of Vietnamization gave the South Vietnamese army gradual military control so that U.S. troops could be withdrawn.

• True

• False

This policy led to U.S. troop withdrawal and the eventual fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese.