1960s Test

Which of the following actions is illegal, based on the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education? 

• A white principal turning away an African American student because there is a separate school in town for black children

• Forcing elderly African-American women to have to give up their seats on public buses 

• The use of national guardsman to settle racial disputes

• Public officials using violence to break up peaceful protests

What was Johnson’s Great Society?

• A movement to end Communism in Asia

• A piece of civil rights legislation

• A set of programs aimed at ending poverty

• A war resolution giving the president more power 

Which of the following points would Malcolm X AND Martin Luther King Jr. have most AGREED? 

• The need for African Americans to obtain civil rights

• The methods that should be used by African Americans to pursue civil rights 

• The effectiveness of nonviolent protests 

• The willingness to use violence, if necessary, to obtain social justice

All of the following are true about Martin Luther King Jr. EXCEPT

• He admired the teachings of Gandhi and believed nonviolent protests were the best strategy 

• He was a gifted speaker and leader 

• He eventually abandoned nonviolence to lead the Black Power movement  

• His leadership of the Montgomery Bus Boycott drew national attention to the civil rights movement 

All of the following are true about the Cuban Missile Crisis EXCEPT

• It started when the Soviet Union tried to place nuclear missiles in Cuba 

• The Soviet Union did not attempt to break the US naval blockade of Cuba

• It ended when the US promised to never invade Cuba as long as the Soviets removed their missiles there 

• The US launched airstrikes on Cuba to destroy their nuclear missiles 

Which organization dressed in ALL black, utilized daycare for mothers, head start programs, and was also an advocate for Civil Rights?

• United Farm Workers

• Students for a Democratic Society 

• Black Panthers

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

The central issue in the 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v Arizona was:

• Racial discrimination  

• The rights of the accused 

• Freedom of Speech   

• The right to bear arms 

The establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was most influenced by the:       

• Need to employ Nazis scientists to keep them from working for the Soviets  

• Successful launch and orbit of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union   

• United States’ desire to develop a space station orbiting the Earth 

• Increased global tension and insecurity due to the Cuban Missile Crisis 

Discrimination in public accommodations was made illegal in the United States as a direct result of the

• Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

• Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona 

• Civil rights Act of 1964

• Montgomery bus boycott

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplish?

• Nothing; it was declared unconstitutional

• It had little effect on African American registrations, because of de facto segregation

• It ended poll taxes, literacy tests, and improved voter registration among minority groups

• Over time, it resulted in a lower turnout of African American voters