Civil Rights Era

The passage of legislation that were passed as part of Johnson's Great Society program, resulted in —

• the regulation of cabinet-level agencies
• federal guarantees of income
• limitations on government expenditures
• the creation of programs to alleviate poverty

What decision resulted from the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Separate-but-equal schools are not equal, and so they are a violation of the Constitution
• Segregated schools must be within five miles of each other in order to assure equal physical access.
• Segregated schools within the same school district must be controlled by the same Board of Education.
• Separate-but-equal schools must file a report with the government showing that they are providing a high-level of education.

Which of the following describe the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Financial reparations should be paid for all citizens who were the children of former slaves.
• De facto, of voluntary segregation of the races
• Using force to achieve African American equality
• Disobeying unjust segregation laws non-violently 

During the 1960s, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used sit-ins primarily to

• protest high college tuition costs
• promote passage of clean air laws
• support voting rights for 18-year-old citizens
• challenge racially segregated public facilities 

Which event during the civil rights movement is most closely associated with President Dwight Eisenhower?

• granting permission for the March on Washington
• urging the Brooklyn Dodgers to sign Jackie Robinson
• supporting the sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina
• using federal troops to integrate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas

A goal that was part of the Voting Rights Act in1965 was to

• expand the use of property qualifications
• establish voter qualifications such as literacy tests
• remove barriers to voting based on racial background
• stop fraudulent voting in large cities

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to

• support the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• restrict the voting rights of African Americans
• undermine the “separate but equal” ruling of the Supreme Court
• enforce the amendments enacted during the Civil War and Reconstruction 

 After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the

• decline of the Ku Klux Klan
• activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• passage of Jim Crow laws
• stationing of federal troops in the South

 Which program was proposed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to address the issues of poverty with minorities?

• Square Deal
• New Frontier
• Great Society
• New Federalism

After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to

• grant civil and political rights to Native American Indians
• allow women to become full citizens
•  guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law
• extend constitutional rights to new territories