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10B Exam Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Brown v. Board of Education

a)

banned racial segregation

b)

allowed racial segregation

c)

upheld Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

allowed prayer

2.

Civil Rights Act of 1968

a)

banned poll taxes

b)

abolished slavery

c)

provided equal housing opportunities

d)

voting rights for African American males

3.

How did the Arkansas governor prevent black students from entering a white high school?

a)

hiring the KKK

b)

deploying the National Guard

c)

redrawing district lines

d)

closing the school

4.

What was the common goal of sit-ins and the Freedom Rides?

a)

continue Jim Crow

b)

end segregation in public areas

c)

engage in violent protests

d)

force the NAACP to intervene

5.

Black Power is best defined as

a)

movement of nonviolent resistance

b)

movement calling for integration in professional sports

c)

a movement calling on African Americans to rely on themselves to achieve change

d)

created by MLK to stop racism

6.

Why was nonviolence successful in achieving change?

a)

state governments stepped in to end segregation

b)

local police helped protestors

c)

Southerners saw they needed to adapt and change laws

d)

Violent responses of segregationists created public outrage from onlookers

7.

Why did some civil rights workers begin to question the effectiveness of nonviolent protesting in 1960s?

a)

Malcolm X called for violence responses

b)

Protests led to no change in federal laws

c)

Violence continued despite legal victories

d)

Sit-ins failed

8.

Social justice is

a)

fair distribution of advantages and disadvantages in society

b)

criminals being sentenced

c)

laws that apply to society

d)

what happens when people act as law enforcement

9.

Why did Native Americans condemn termination

a)

created reservations

b)

required existing reservations to pay taxes

c)

took private property from individuals for gov't use

d)

did nothing to help Native Americans adjust to mainstream society

10.

JFK's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women report found

a)

employers paid women and promoted women less than men

b)

most women enjoyed high paying jobs

c)

women preferred clerical work

d)

women preferred traditional roles more

11.

Why did migrant farm workers strike during the 60's in California?

a)

Grapes were picked by illegal immigrants

b)

grapes were treated with pesticides

c)

workers wanted to create pressure on growers to meet their demands for better pay and working conditions

d)

hoped to create a union

12.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an attempt to

a)

end segregation legalized by Jim Crow lasw

b)

stop African Americans from moving north

c)

segregate Southern cities

d)

maintain poll taxes

13.

Studies of African American children found that effect of segregated schools was the children

a)

attend school less than white children

b)

believed in Black Power

c)

came to believe they were not as good as white children

d)

loved their schools more than white children

14.

What strategy did the NAACP adopt

a)

fighting racism through the courts

b)

direct nonviolence

c)

massive sit-ins

d)

massive resistance

15.

The 1st half of the 20th century, most immigrants came to the US from Europe. How did the pattern change between 1950-2000?

a)

most came from Africa

b)

majority from Australia

c)

most came from Latin America

d)

most from the Middle East

16.

What were the goals of AIM movement?

a)

a renewal of traditional culture, economic independence, better education for Native Americans

b)

an end to termination policies and control over natural resources

c)

passage of laws granting education and allowing reservations to allow tourism

d)

give all Native American land back

17.

How did the Immigration Act of 1965 change immigration?

a)

set large quotas to encourage European immigration

b)

allowed more immigrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia

c)

banned immigration from China

d)

strict quotas on all countries

18.

United Farm Workers was founded on the beliefs of

a)

shared perspective of ethnic minorities, improve working conditions, and collective bargining

b)

low wages acceptable and long hours

c)

decent working conditions, 60 hour work week

d)

elect farm growers to political offices to help their fight

19.

One complaint about deferments during Vietnam

a)

only minorities could get one

b)

only applied to women

c)

were an unfair advantage for the rich

d)

made college students report for service

20.

Pacification program during Vietnam

a)

encouraged higher birth rate among Vietnamese

b)

help determine Vietcong from civilians

c)

win the "hearts" and "minds" of the South Vietnamese people

d)

search out enemies and burn villages

21.

The Pentagon Papers showed

a)

that the US was winning the war

b)

the government was transparent about the war

c)

the US signed a peace treaty with the North

d)

the government was misleading the public for years about the war

22.

What source had a major impact on the American public during the Vietnam War?

a)

Military advisors

b)

Media coverage

c)

President Kennedy

d)

President Einsenhower

23.

People who supported the Vietnam War were ____________ and those against were ___________________

a)

Democrats and Republicans

b)

Republicans and Democrats

c)

Doves and Hawks

d)

Hawks and Doves

24.

Ronald Reagan's economic philosophy was influenced by supply-side economics. What is one key component?

a)

increased taxes

b)

increased tax rates

c)

lower corporate taxes

d)

regulate corporations

25.

Who was suspected of masterminding the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Russia

c)

North Korea

d)

Osama Bin Laden

26.

Some critics opposed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

a)

fear of cheap Mexican labor would put American factories out of business

b)

World Trade Organization opposed it

c)

raised the minimum wage and hurt local business

d)

moved factories from the US to Australia

27.

The US invaded Iraq in 2003

a)

Osama Bin Laden was hiding with Saddam

b)

believed the Iraq gov't had weapons of mass destruction

c)

for invading Kuwait years earlier

d)

leaving NATO

28.

Why did Eisenhower send arms, military supplies, and money to French forces in Vietnam?

a)

he believed the domino theory would led to communist take over of that region

b)

CIA overthrow of South Korea

c)

believed pacification was necessary to defeat the North

d)

was a mistake