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(2016)The event described in this headline resulted in —

• decreased federal funding of student loans

• increased support for the antiwar movement

• the reinstatement of the draft

• an end to federal investigations of student organizations

(2016)Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?

• The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter

• The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army

• The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

(2016)This amendment gained support based on the belief that people should have the right to vote if they are old enough to —

• dive motorized behicles

• serve as members of juries

• pay federal income taxes

• be drafted into the military

(2016)Which organization’s name correctly completes this table?

• Nation of Islam

• Black Panther Party

• Congress of Racial Equality

• NAACP

(2016)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.

(2016)Lines for gas such as the one in this photograph resulted from —

• the dissolution of Standard Oil Company

• an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico

• the construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline

• an embargo by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

(2017)This poster is from the first annual Earth Day in 1970.

Earth Day was created for the purpose of —

• celebrating the diversity of humankind

• honoring the world’s agricultural workers

• raising awareness of environmental issues

• promoting peace throughout the world

(2018)What was the overall goal of U.S. military intervention in Vietnam from 1964–1973?

• Eliminating trade barriers between the United States and Southeast Asia

• Isolating the Soviet Union by improving Chinese relations with the United States

• Promoting economic growth in the Pacific region

• Preventing communism from spreading throughout Southeast Asia

(2018)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

What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?

• Homestead Act
• Morril Act
• Dawes Act
• Reconstruction Act