EOC Unit 7 Social Transformations

How did Chavez accomplish the change referred to in this excerpt?

• By promoting military service as an opportunity for minority youths
• By filing legal cases to overturn segregation in public facilities
• By organizing an economic boycott to improve working conditions for migrant farmers
• By protesting fines imposed on employers for hiring illegal immigrants

The United States enjoyed a post-war economic boom in this time period.  Thousands of returning soldiers received benefits through the G.I. Bill.  People moved to the suburbs and had children in the Baby Boom.  The U.S. experienced a second Red Scare as a result of the Cold War.  

• The Cold War
• Vietnam War
• 1950s
• Protests of the '60s and '70s

African-Americans fought for equal rights and the end of legal segregation in this time period.  Leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X expressed different views on how African-Americans should fight for their rights.  As a result of their fight, segregation was made illegal and the right of all Americans to vote is more protected than before. 

• Protests of the '60s and '70s
• Progressive Era
• Civil Rights Movement
• Vietnam War

What has been one effect of legal and illegal immigration on demographic patterns in the United States?

• The total U.S. population has increased at a rapid pace.
• The size of the U.S. population has decreased.
• The average age of Americans is older than before.
• Women in American society now outnumber men.

Which legislation was passed over the objections of Southern Democrats in order to prevent racial discrimination in businesses affecting interstate commerce, such as restaurants?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Equal Rights Amendment
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

• Segregation of public schools became illegal
• African Americans began to play professional sports
• Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus

What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• It gave black women the right to vote
• It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal
• It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
• It gave all blacks the right to vote

The movements led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez were similiar in that both--

• supported attempts to overthrow the established government

• used civil disobediance to bring social change

• boycotted agricultural products

• were elected to national political office

Which law helped women athletes obtain greater support in American high schools and universities?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act
• 26th Amendment
• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Which of the following groups was a major group in the fight for Women's Liberation?

• AIM
• SCLC
• NOW
• UFW