History unit 10

During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, activities of the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Urban League, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) illustrated that

• All civil rights groups use the same tactics

• Organizational differences usually lead to failure

• Violence is the best tool to achieve social change

• Different paths can be used to achieve a common goal

Which U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down the ability of states to separate races in schools, railroad cars, movie theaters, and public beaches

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Korematsu v. United States

Which of the following helped women athletes obtain greater support in American high schools and universities

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Which constitutional principle was confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in its ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case

• Separation of powers

• Equal protection of the law

• Popular sovereignty

• Separation of church and state

What was the major goal of the Women's Liberation Movement in the 1960s

• Obtaining the right to vote for women

• Guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work

• Enabling women to stay at home as well as work

• Laws that would allow women to own property

How did the methods advocated by the Black Panthers to achieve their goals differ from those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

• They formed a third political party

• They were passionately anti-Communist

• They restricted their actions to the use of passive resistance

• They considered the use of violence to protect their own communities

What was the main objective of the American Indian Movement's occupation of Alcatraz Island and Wounded Knee

• To gain notice to their condition

• To gain the right to vote

• To expand reservation lands

• To protest the Vietnam War

The affirmative action programs passed in the 1960s were designed to

• Return control of voting regulations to the states

• Remove racial barriers in education and employment

• Prevent women from achieving the right to vote

• Give African Americans the right to vote

Which statement describes a major social and economic impact on American society in the post-war period

• The American economy continued to decline

• There was a sharp increase in factory employment

• The United States became an agricultural society

• Consumer goods became less expensive and easier to obtain

The expanded use of automobiles in the post-war era altered life in the United States by

• Stimulating the development of the suburbs

• Decreasing employment opportunities for American workers

• Encouraging government operation of major industries

• Freeing the economy from government regulations