Early Cold War Questions/Civil Rights

How did the event described by Rosa Parks in this excerpt affect the Civil Rights movement?

• It changed the way police arrested public protesters.

• It resulted in a bus boycott that lasted more than a year.

• It led to an increase in the number of registered voters in southern states.

• It prompted the government to station the National Guard in southern states.

In the late 1800s, the Supreme Court’s 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 regulation of state elections.

• Recognized public protests as a legal form of civil disobedience.

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 minimize race-related violence by establishing integrated advisory groups.

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

How did the Brown v. Board of Education decision influence the Civil Rights movement?

• By discouraging activists from relying on the judicial system

• By guaranteeing scholarships to minority college students.

• By providing a judicial basis for achieving equality in other areas.

• By eliminating social barriers associated with hiring practices

Why did Chicano migrant workers 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.

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.

Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik 1?

• The United States began a period of technology sharing with the Soviet Union.

• The U.S. government founded a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.

• The Soviet Union was unable to collect images of the United States from space.

• The Soviet government collapsed because of economic competition.

What prompted the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to target the “Hollywood Ten”?

• Support for American isolationism in the years leading up to World War II.

• Increased political pressure from racial groups regarding civil rights legislation.

• Growing anxiety related to the economic effects of the Great Depression.

• Fear of communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry.

In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about —

• Japanese Americans confined in internment camps.

• Organizers of the Civil Rights movement.

• Accomplices in the Watergate scandal.

• Members of the Communist Party in government positions.

The data presented on this graph illustrate an economic effect of —

• The rapid demobilization of U.S. defense industries after World War II.

• The federal domestic programs created as part of the Great Society.

• Incentives offered under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers.

• Assistance offered by the GI Bill to soldiers returning from World War II.