Unit 9 Test

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?

• It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites.

• It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes.

• It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns.

• It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.

Which civil rights group is described above?

• League of United Latin American Citizens

• Women’s Suffrage Movement

• Congress of Racial Equality

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Which group below was founded in 1960 by Southern black students to focus and push the efforts for civil rights?

• NAACP

• CORE

• SNCC

• SCLC

What was the importance of the Supreme Court case of Wisconsin v. Yoder?

• that Amish children could not be forced to continue education past 8th grade, as it violated their parents' right to freedom of religion

• that compulsory education decisions were necessarily among the reserved rights given to the states

• that school Boards of Education had the right to disallow certain forms of speech if they interfered with the education of any students

• that Quakers should be able to educate their children at home if they felt the public schools were teaching other religious principles

The legend of Robin Hood, the man who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor", is often compared to which court decision that gave property tax revenue from property-wealthy school districts to those in property-poor districts, in an effort to equalize the financing of all districts throughout Texas?

• Delgado v. Bastrop

• Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Hernandez v. Texas

The main objective of the American Indian Movement of the 1970s, was the —

• return of tribal lands

• development of a tribal religion

• creation of a tribal police force

• distribution of tribal wealth

One result of the described art movement was —

• increased awareness of Mexican heritage

• growth of beautification projects in U.S. cities

• expansion of the use of Spanish in urban centers

• extended legal protections for Mexican immigrants

What is the next logical step in the Civil Rights sequence above?

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Voting Rights Act

• the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

• desegregation of schools

Which of the following was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully proved "lack of equality" in favor of a black applicant to the University of Texas Law School, beginning the process of ending the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Delgado v. Bastrop

• Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Hernandez v. Texas

What is described above?

• "I Have A Dream" speech

• "The Liberation" speech

• "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

• "Why Can’t We Wait?"