50's and Civil Rights Review

Which numbered pair of phrases best completes this diagram?

• (1) Increased urban decay (2) Increased leisure time

• (1) Increased demand for housing (2) Increased deforestation 

• (1) Increased demand for housing (2) Increased labor union membership

• (1) Increased immigration (2) Increased racial tension

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

• the rapid demobilization of U.S. Defense industries after World War II

• incentives offered under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers

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

Which of the following was a direct result of the Civil Rights Movement?

• An increase in respect for suburban housewives

• Increased political participation by minority groups

• The revitalization of inner cities

What was the goal of the protest depicted on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens

• To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation

• To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court ruilings against discrimination in interstate transportation

This artistic movement demonstrates the contribution of which culture to U.S. art?

• Hispanic American

• Irish American

• Chinese American

• African American

Whenever normal agencies prove inadequate to the task and it becomes necessary for the Executive Branch of the Federal Government to use its powers and authority . . . the President’s responsibility is inescapable. In accordance with that responsibility, I have today issued an Executive Order directing the use of troops under Federal authority to aid . . . at Little Rock, Arkansas. 

  

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, address from the White House, September 24, 1957

 

 

President Eisenhower exercised his federal authority in an effect to--

• ensure the safety of protesters at lunch counter sit-ins

• end the violence directed against the Freedom Riders

• protect citizens from rioting spurred by Ku Klux Klan rallies

• protect African-American students from violence in the process of desegregation of public schools

An angry mob of over 1,000 whites gathers in front of Central High School, while nine African American students are escorted inside. The Little Rock police remove the nine children for their safety. 

 

    — Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, National Park Service, www.nps.gov (accessed December 2, 2013)

 

This confrontation centered around--

• disagreement over the use of taxes to fund public education

• the refusal of federal courts to hear cases concerning civil rights violations

• resistance by state and local government to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Which organization's name correctly completes this table?

• Nation of Islam

• Black Panther Party

• NAACP

The white people were sitting in the white section. More white people got on, and they filled up all the seats in the white section. When that happened, we black people were supposed to give up our seats to the whites. But I didn’t move. The white driver said, “Let me have those front seats.” I didn’t get up. I was tired of giving in to white people. 

 

“I’m going to have you arrested,” the driver said. 

 

“You may do that,” I answered. 

 

—Rosa Parks, My Story, 1992

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 prompted the government to station the National Guard in southern states

During the Civil Rights movement, the Black Panther Party's tactics differed from those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., because the Black Panthers called for--

• the use of the court system to gain equality

• the use of armed resistance if necessary

• enduring injustice through religious faith