NCFE 8th Grade Social Studies SET-2

The main goal of the freedom riders was to 

• pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
• inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
• encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
• desegregate urban bus systems in the south

Which legislative action, during the administration of Franklin Roosevelt, had the greatest effect on resolving problems of the economy and protecting the elderly from poverty?

• the establishment of a minimum wage
• the insurance of federal deposits
• the enactment of Social Security
• the build of suburbs

How was the Harlem Renaissance a turning point for U.S. society?

• It allowed African American artists to escape the effects of the Great Depression
• It helped African Americans find artistic careers in southern cities
• It gave exposure to African American writings, art, music, acting, and dance
• It offered preferential treatment to African American stage actors

Which scenario is most consistent with the concept of civil disobedience?

• On August 11, 1965, race riots broke out in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California
• Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee advocated black power
• In February 1960, African American students staged a sit-in at a Woolworth's store in Greensboro, NC
• Malcolm X declared that racial separation was a "positive good" with many benefits for African Americans

How did television reporting on the Vietnam War affect public opinion?

• Cultural exchange and commercial trade with Asian countries became national ideals
• Heroism and combat stories about soldiers romanticized the war effort
• It influenced patriotic fervor and ardent support for anti-communist foreign policy
• It generated anti-war sentiment and massive protests against the conduct of the war

Which explains the growth of labor unions in the United States during the Industrial Revolution?

• The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
• Workers sought to improve their pay and working conditions
• Business leaders encouraged workers to organize unions to enhance productivity
• The federal government supported collective bargaining rights of railroad workers

"We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place." How did the decision in Brown v. Board of Education change the role of government in public education?

• It prevented the U.S. Congress from making laws that affected public education
• It limited the power of state governments to create separate educational systems for males and females
• It overturned arbitrary limits and restrictions imposed on education by state and local governments
• It gave local boards of education the right to censor school related activities

In the late 1800's, the goal of the Federal Government's policy toward Native American Indians was to...

• Destroy tribal bonds and thus weaken their traditional cultural values
• grant them full citizenship and due process
• given their tribal groups authority over their own affairs
• increase the land holdings of western tribes

The passage of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad helped to fulfill the United States commitment to...

• Reconstruction
• Racial Equality
• Manifest Destiny
• Conservation of Natural Resources

Which factor most influenced the economic development of the colonial South?

• plentiful forests
• warm and wet growing seasons
• rich deposits of iron ore and coal
• abundant water power for manufacturing