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According to civil rights laws, which group was granted more legal protection besides racial minorities?

• Tourists

• Women

• Farmers

• Business owners

Which term best represents the modern diversity of the United States?

• A single culture

• A melting pot

• A mosaic

• A divided society

What factor influenced immigrant assimilation?

• Economic status

• Age

• Similarity to earlier settlers

• Religion

What did political bosses provide to immigrants?

• Healthcare

• Jobs and housing

• Education

• Protests

What concept is used to describe the U.S. where diverse cultures remain distinct?

• Melting pot

• Salad bowl

• Assimilation

• Segregation

When was the first US census conducted?

• 1600

• 1700

• 1800

• 1790

What decision did the U.S. Supreme Court make in 1954?

• Legalized racial segregation in schools

• Banned racial segregation in public schools

• Declared the Civil Rights Movement illegal

• Allowed states to decide on segregation policies

What role did Thurgood Marshall play in the Civil Rights Movement?

• He was the first African American U.S. president

• He led a violent protest against racial discrimination

• He was the chief counsel for the NAACP and later became a Supreme Court Justice

• He founded the "Black Muslim" movement

What was one of the main reasons African Americans faced difficulties in assimilating into the larger American culture?

• They arrived voluntarily as immigrants

• They were educated in the North

• They had economic advantages over other ethnic groups.

• They were brought to the United States as slaves

What was Abraham Lincoln’s argument about slavery and its impact on white people in the North?

• Slavery was only an economic issue for southern states

• Slavery would threaten the freedom and equality of all people, including whites.

• Slavery should only be abolished in the South.

• Slavery would create economic equality between whites and blacks.