Civil Rights and Social Movements

What form of protest involved volunteers riding buses into the Deep South to challenge segregation on interstate transportation?

• Sit-ins

• Freedom Rides

• Marches on Washington

• Teach-ins

What significant legislation, signed into law in 1964, prohibited discrimination in employment, schools, hospitals, and public accommodations?

• Voting Rights Act

• Economic Opportunity Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Hart-Celler Act

Which set of domestic programs, initiated by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to expand social welfare and combat poverty?

• The New Frontier

• The Fair Deal

• The Great Society

• The Square Deal

According to the Kerner Report, what were the primary causes of the racially motivated riots in American cities during the late 1960s?

• Economic prosperity and foreign interference

• Lack of media coverage and political apathy

• Segregation, poverty, and white racism

• Increased immigration and suburbanization

What was a significant shift in the goals of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) after 1965?

• They focused primarily on achieving voting rights in the South.

• They abandoned integration as a goal and advocated for Black Power.

• They merged with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

• They shifted their efforts to international human rights issues.

Which book is credited with significantly influencing the environmental movement by highlighting the dangers of pesticides?

• "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair

• "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

• "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau

• "A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold

What was a key factor that led to the formation of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966?

• The success of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 in eliminating wage gaps.

• The widespread acceptance of women in traditionally male-dominated professions.

• Betty Friedan's book "The Feminine Mystique" describing the "problem that has no name."

• The Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade legalizing abortion.

The Warren Court's decisions in cases like Gideon v. Wainwright, Mapp v. Ohio, and Miranda v. Arizona primarily focused on expanding which aspect of civil liberties?

• Freedom of speech and the press.

• The right to privacy.

• Protections for individuals accused of crimes.

• The right to interracial marriage.