1950s, the Civil Rights and other Modern Movements

Martin Luther King, Jr., targeted Birmingham, Alabama for demonstrations because he considered it

• a city that practiced de facto segregation

• a city with very little segregation

• a city that would welcome an end to segregation

• the most segregated city in the country

The catastrophe at Three Mile Island pointed out the hazards of

• coal smog

• nuclear reactors

• acid rain

• pesticides

One successful strategy used by Cesar Chavez was a

• shutdown of railroads in California

• freeze on prices

• march on Washington

• nationwide consumer boycott

President Truman ordered an end to discrimination in

• the armed forces

• Arkansas

• the transportation industry

• labor unions

The greatest threat posed by nuclear power plants was

• radioactivity released into the air

• fire caused by sparks

• steam discharged into waterways

• smoke spewed into the air

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ended

• discrimination in the hiring of federal employees

• Eisenhower's support for civil rights

• the "separate but equal" doctrine

• Jackie Robinson's career in baseball

The black power movement taught that African Americans should

• emigrate to Africa

• strive to end segregation

• use nonviolent protest to bring about change

• separate from white society and lead their own communities

In what ways were the SCLC and CORE alike?

• Both relied on militant tactics

• Neither was interracial

• Both were founded by Church leaders

• Both promoted nonviolent protest

The term feminism describes the theory of

• women's role of serving men

• women's superiority over men

• women's special nature

• the equality of men and women

Environmental activists spurred the government to create the

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Nuclear Regulatory Agency

• Wholesale Meat Act of 1967

• Environmental Protection Agency