Moving Towards the Future Quiz

Who led the fight against racial segregation?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Winston Churchill
• Nelson Mandela
• Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following overturned racial segregation in the United States?

• Citizens United v. FEC
• Roe v. Wade
• Bush v. Gore
• Brown v. Board of Education

What were the programs to expand opportunity and provide a decent standard of living for all Americans?

• The New Frontier programs implemented by President John F. Kennedy in the 1960s
• The programs to expand opportunity and provide a decent standard of living for all Americans were the New Deal programs implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1930s.
• The Great Society programs implemented by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s
• The Square Deal programs implemented by President Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s

What is civil disobedience where protesters peacefully refuse to obey unjust laws?

• Nonviolence

• Disobeying

• Civil Protest

• Radical Protest

Which of the following are two major civil rights laws passed in the 1960s?

• Patriot Act of 2001, and the Affordable Care Act
• Prohibition Act of 1920, and the New Deal
• Emancipation Proclamation, and the Declaration of Independence
• Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Why did some men and women oppose the Equal Rights Amendment?

• Women did not need equal rights

• It forced men and women to use the same bathroom

• The amendment would undermine traditional values

• Women would want divorces to get alimony

Providing bilingual education for students until they learned education was a civil rights objective for which group?

• Mexican Americans or Latinos

• African Americans

• Asian Americans

• Older Americans

What did federal laws require public buildings do to help disabled Americans?

• Have access for people with disabilities

• Provide signs explaining how to access building

• Have offices on the ground floor

• Nothing

What event led the United States to send troops to Vietnam?

• The Gulf of Tonkin incident
• The Tet Offensive

• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Boston Tea Party

What tactics did the United States use against the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong?

• The United States used tactics such as aerial bombing, search and destroy missions, and the widespread use of chemical defoliants like Agent Orange.
• The United States employed non-violent protests and civil disobedience
• The United States relied on economic sanctions and trade embargoes
• The United States used diplomatic negotiations and peace talks