5th Six Weeks interim assessement

Jackie Robinson first rose to national prominence in the late 1940's when he

• organized sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters

• enrolled in the racially segregated University of Mississippi

• helped bring an end to racial segregation in Major League Baseball

• participated in the Freedom Rides to desegregate interstate bus terminals

Despite winning the right to participate in self-government, from 1902-1929, there were no Blacks in the federal legislature. What did W.E.B. DuBois do to combat this prejudice?

• 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

Why did Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta 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 1800's, the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v Ferguson

• established a legal remedy for victims of discrimination

• created a legal justification for segregation laws

• affirmed the legality of federal regulations of state elections

• recognized the public protests as a legal form of civil disobedience

In the Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v Painter-

• upheld the Plessy v Ferguson decision

• Furthered the Brown v Board of Education decision into law schools

• upheld Miranda v Arizona decision

• Furthered the reach of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

What was the main result of the sit-ins, freedom riders, and the March on Washington?

• the growth of insurance and welfare programs for elderly citizens

• the growth of radical political parties on the East Coast

• the expansion of political and economic opportunities for minority citizens

• the expansion of economic cooperation between northern and southern states

What role did Arkansas governor Orval Faubus play in the Little Rock Crisis?

• He vetoed legislation to establish a separate school system for whites and blacks

• He challenged the authority of the federal government to desegregate schools

• He helped to minimize race-related violence by establishing integrated advisory groups

• He refused assistance from the federal government to improve minority graduation rates

The federal government responded to which issue by passing the Civil rights Act of 1964?

• Unfair lending practices by banks

• unequal representation in local legislatures

• inadequate medical services in urban areas

• discrimination by employers based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin

How did the 19th Amendment expand the democratic process?

• by prohibiting discrimination in voting based on race

• by eliminating the poll tax

• by prohibiting discrimination in voting based on gender

• by lowering the voting age

The passage of legislation to end poll taxes, gerrymandering, voter intimidation, Jim Crow laws and "separate by equal" resulted in-

• the end of segregation tactics aided at suppressing minorities politically and socially

• was justified by Brown v Board of Education

• were prohibited by the 13th amendment

• were designed to achieve racial equality