Heritage Studies 5 Chapter 16 Quiz

The legislation that outlawed racial segregation, opening public places, schools, and employment to all people groups was ​ (a)   .

The national program led by Lyndon Johnson that sought to eliminate poverty was ​ (b)   .

An act passed by Congress that removed barriers that kept black citizens from voting was ​ (c)   .

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• the Great Society
• the Voting Rights Act of 1965

To block or delay legislating a bill by making long speeches is called...

The failed surprise attack of the North Vietnamese on South Vietnam was called the...

During the 1960s the liberals split between the old liberals and...

• the New Liberals

• the Guerilla Left

• the New Left

• the Young Liberals

The civil rights leader that said protests against segregation and injustice should be nonviolent was...

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Stokely

  Carmichael

• Rosa Parks

How were Malcolm X's ideas about protests and civil disobedience different from those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ?

What movement did Betty Friedan launch?