Civil Rights

How did the Sweatt v. Painter decision benefit minorities?

• By setting a precedent for Brown v. Board of Education

• By reinforcing the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• By giving state governments the power to create school programs

• By allowing for the creation of religious schools

What role did Governor Orval Faubus play in attempting to maintain the status quo at Little Rock High School?

• He refused assistance from the federal government to improve minority graduation rates.

• He helped minimize race-related violence by establishing integrated advisory groups.

• He challenged the authority of the federal government to desegregate schools.

• He vetoed legislation to establish a separate school system for whites and blacks.

Which voting rights practice requirement was specifically targeted by the Voting Rights Act?

• Providing proof of employment

• Proving property ownership

• Passing literacy test

• Taking religious test

How did the National Organization for Women (NOW) affect the feminist movement during the 1970s?

• By opposing the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion

• By opposing laws granting tax credits for stay-at-home mothers

• By supporting scholarship programs available through beauty pageants

• By supporting the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

How did the Jim Crow Laws and the Ku Klux Klan create obstacles to civil rights for minorities? Select THREE correct responses. Not all answers will be used.

• Increased vigilante violence and intimidation towards minorities

• Required the ownership of property, paying a poll tax, or being able to read as conditions to vote

• Outlawed discrimination in public places, including bus stations, theaters, restaurants, hotels and public schools

• Legislatures in the southern states passed laws intended to enforce racial segregation

• Outlawed discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

Which person was the most instrumental in ending segregation in schools?

• Rosa Parks

• Ella Baker

• Thurgood Marshall

• Medgar Evers

What is Affirmative Action?

• program aimed at increasing minorities in employment and education

• A program aimed at excluding minorities and women from employment and education

• A program aimed at maintaining the status quo in representation of minorities and women

• A program aimed at decreasing the representation of minorities and women in employment and education

What is Title IX

• it addresses and prohibits gender discrimination in activities at educational institutions

• Title IX is a policy that encourages discrimination based on sex
• Title IX is a regulation that only applies to private schools
• Title IX is a law that promotes gender inequality in education

What is the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?

• To eliminate poverty and racial injustice
• To expand the power of the federal government
• To promote isolationism
• To increase military spending

Which is true about Dolores Huerta?

• Demanded equal rights for African Americans and advocated for nonviolent civil disobedience

• Lobbied for farmworkers and organized the National Farmworkers Association

• Arrested for refusing to give up her seat and was instrumental during the Montgomery Bus Boycott