Civil Rights and Vietnam

The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896 established that laws segregating African Americans were permitted under the so-called:

• “de facto segregation” doctrine

• “Southern segregation” doctrine

• “separate-but-equal” doctrine

• “constitutional segregation” doctrine.

To end segregation and racism, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., advocated:

• educational self-improvement.

• riots and vandalism.

• separation from white society.

• nonviolent passive resistance.

Which event helped to advance the Civil Rights Movement?

• the Southern Manifesto

• a boycott of Montgomery buses

• Green v. Board of Education

• a Senate filibuster

Civil rights activists tried to integrate restaurants by using:

• protest marches.

• boycotts.

• sit-ins.

• threats.

Refer to the time line above and then identify two main goals for the civil rights movement.

• integrated public facilities and the right to vote

• African American politicians and freedom of speech

• guaranteed college educations and integrated public facilities

• a Vietnam War inquiry and an end to the draft

Which of the Supreme Court rulings in the chart above condoned segregation?

• Norris v. Alabama

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Morgan v. Virginia

• Plessy v. Ferguson

“The torch has been passed to a new generation. My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”

––John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address

By this famous statement in his Inaugural Address, Kennedy meant that:

• citizens needed to protest more.

• citizens needed to get involved in helping others.

• citizens needed to sign up for the armed services.

• citizens needed to pay higher taxes.

Which of the following choices best completes the diagram about the agreement ending the Cuban missile crisis?

• remove missiles from Florida

• remove missiles from Alaska.

• remove missiles from China.

• remove missiles from Turkey.

THE PEACE CORPS

On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. More than 5,000 applicants took the first exams to enter the Peace Corps. The first 51 volunteers went to Ghana in August 1961. By the end of 1963, 7,300 were serving in 44 countries. By June 1966, more than 15,000 volunteers were working in the field.

Based on the information provided above, which of the following statements regarding the Peace Corps is most accurate?

• A year passed before the first Peace Corps volunteers actually served.

• Within five years, the number of volunteers in the Peace Corps had more than tripled.

• Americans did not learn about the Peace Corps until three years after it was established.

• Most people lost interest in the Peace Corps after two years.

Which of the following was a major Great Society program?

• a breakfast program for the elderly

• a milk program for the elderly

• Medicare for the elderly

• The New Frontier