Regents Review #13 (Civil Rights)

During the 1960s, the actions of Cesar Chavez led to improved conditions for

• (1) coal miners

• (2) migrant farm workers

• (3) autoworkers

• (4) health care workers

What was the reason the Equal Rights Amendment did not become part of the United States Constitution?

• (1) President Ronald Reagan vetoed it.

• (2) Three-fourths of the states did not ratify it.

• (3) The National Organization for Women (NOW) did not support it.

• (4) The Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) are all associated with which movement?

• (1) temperance

• (2) abolition

• (3) civil rights

• (4) environmentalism

Which conclusion can be drawn from an examination of these 1947 newspaper headlines concerning Jackie Robinson?

• (1) Robinson’s integration of major league baseball was an important event in the history of civil rights.

• (2) Robinson went on to organize the civil rights movement.

• (3) Sports fans overwhelmingly encouraged the desegregation of public accommodations.

• (4) Robinson’s major league debut had no impact on race relations in the United States.

A goal of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to

• (1) eliminate discrimination in housing

• (2) implement job-training programs

• (3) increase equal rights for African Americans

• (4) end barriers to voting faced by African Americans

Which two issues led to protests and riots in many American cities during the 1960s?

• (1) space exploration and environmental pollution

• (2) the Vietnam War and racial injustice

• (3) inadequate health care and women’s liberation

• (4) gasoline shortages and illegal immigration

Samuel Gompers, John L. Lewis, and Cesar Chavez are best known for their efforts to

• (1) create a universal health-care system

• (2) ensure the profits of farm owners

• (3) expand the rights of workers

• (4) promote the development of big business

What was the primary method used by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to advance civil rights?

• (1) nonviolent protest of segregation practices

• (2) support for black separatism

• (3) pursuit of elective public office

• (4) practical education for economic gain

After World War II, President Harry Truman advanced the rights of African Americans by

• (1) issuing an order to end segregation in the military

• (2) signing legislation to ban poll taxes

• (3) appointing a racially diverse Supreme Court

• (4) ending discrimination in public accommodations

What was the principal strategy used by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to achieve equal rights in the United States?

• (1) advocating separation of the races

• (2) counseling African Americans to attend vocational schools

• (3) encouraging the use of civil disobedience

• (4) creating a new political party