STAAR Quiz #8 (US.9)

Why did Chicano migrant workers establish the United Farm Workers?

• To exert influence on foreign policy
• To obtain fair wages and improve labor conditions
• To attain the right to vote in federal elections
• To change citizenship requirements

In the late 1800s, the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• established a legal remedy for victims of discrimination.
• created legal justification for segregation laws.
• affirmed the legality of federal regulation of state elections.
• recognized public protests as a legal form of civil disobedience.

Which organization's name correctly completes this table?

• Nation of Islam
• Black Panther Party
• Congress of Racial Equality
• NAACP

Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?

• The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter
• The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army
• The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
• The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

What is the major result of the campaign described by Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• The national identity of the United States has become more inclusive.
• The ideal of religious freedom is accepted throughout the United States.
• There is a larger gap in the standard of living between rich and poor citizens.
• There are fewer citizens who support the practice of civil disobedience.

The passage of the pieces of legislation in this list resulted in

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

This confrontation centered around

• disagreement over the use of taxes to fund public education.
• the refusal of federal courts to hear cases concerning civil rights violations.
• the denial of First and Fifth Amendment freedoms by southern state legislatures.
• resistance by state and local governments to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

The ruling Miranda v. Arizona most affected the procedure in which step of this process?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Who was most instrumental in the event described in this headline?

• Rosa Parks
• Ella Baker
• Thurgood Marshall
• Medgar Evers

How did W.E.B. Du Bois combat prejudice like that described in the excerpt?

• He demanded the passage of women's suffrage.
• He established an early civil rights group.
• He advocated making political compromises with segregationists.
• He sought court orders to protect the rights of voters.