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WorksheetsCFA #8 Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which method did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urge his followers to employ? (US.79)
Use violence only if provoked by violence
Use civil disobedience but with non-violent protests
Leave any community that practices racism
Only burn down the buildings that have been abandoned
What is the correct relationship between the Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) and the Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) Supreme Court decision? (US.78)
Plessy vs. Ferguson was overturned by the Brown vs. the Board decision
Brown vs. Board of Education was overturned by Plessy vs Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled the same way in both decision
The Supreme Court left it up to the states to decide on those issues
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in an attempt to finally end this in American society. (US.81)
Limitations on free speech
Discrimination based on race
Unfair immigration practices
Equal pay for all citizens
This Civil Rights leader used a more militant manner within his speeches, which appealed to the frustration and anger held by many African Americans because of the slow progress made by the Civil Rights Movement. (US.79)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Edgar Evers
Robert Kennedy
Malcolm X
This Tennessean and pioneer in the Civil Rights Movement led Sit-Ins all over the South, and she later became a leader in the equal rights movement for women. (US.80)
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Betty Friedan
Diane Nash
This Birmingham, Alabama city official turned his police and fire departments loose on Civil Rights protestors by brutalizing them with fire hoses, clubs, dogs, and electrical cattle prods during a protest march in 1963. (US.79)
George Wallace
Bull Connor
James Meredith
Strom Thurmond
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organized and led the Montgomery Bus Boycott after the action of this young NAACP secretary. (US.80)
Diane Nash
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Ella Baker
What do the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 have in common? (US.81)
Both mandated national desegregation of public school systems.
Both were signed into law as part of the New Frontier.
Both promised equal civil and voting rights for women.
Both were major accomplishments of the civil rights movement.
What was the "problem with no name" articulated by Betty Friedan? (US.82)
A waning sense of duty among women to their families and their country
The prevalence of women in postwar industrial jobs
A dissatisfaction with women's roles in society following World War II
The high population of young women who were not married
Which president said the following at his inaugural address in 1961?
"Now the Trumpet summons is again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need - not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation - a struggle against common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself." (US.77)
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks took a seat at the front of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was arrested and placed in jail. On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators marched to Washington, D.C. These and other acts of protest helped to pass which of the following in 1964? (US.80)
The Voting Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act
The Fifteenth Amendment
The desegregation of the armed forces
What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act? (US.81)
It immediately struck down all Jim Crow laws enacted in the South.
It had little effect on political change in the South.
Within four years more than 70 percent of southern blacks had registered to vote.
It prompted ratification of the Twenty-fourth Amendment.
"I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to the justice everywhere."
These words, written by Martin Luther King Jr. while in jail in Birmingham, Alabama, were written with the hope that others would (US.79)
Participate in violent demonstrations to gain civil rights
Join him in the effort to gain civil rights through non-violent disobedience
End efforts in the South to gain civil rights since every state had Jim Crow Laws
Wait for a better time to work to gain civil rights for African Americans
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. told over 200,000 civil rights demonstrators who had marched to Washington, D.C. that "I have a dream ..." What did King's speech offer the crowd? (US.80)
Hope
Despair
Distrust
Cooperation
How did American schools change after Brown vs. Board of Education? (US.78)
Public schools were desegregated, but universities remained segregated.
Public schools and universities gradually desegregated despite resistance.
Children remained segregated in schools deemed "separate but equal."
Only Central Little Rock High School was desegregated
What role did Arkansas governor Orval Faubus play in the Little Rock Crisis?
He vetoed legislation to establish a separate school system for whites and blacks
He challenged the authority of the federal government to desegregate schools
He helped minimize race-related violence by establishing integrated advisory groups.
He refused assistance from the federal government to improve minority graduation rates.
President Dwight Eisenhower strengthened the nation’s transportation system by (US.80)
ordering the desegregation of the armed forces
creating the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
promoting passage of the Interstate Highway Act
encouraging funds for science and math education
What did the project mentioned in the excerpt have in common with the Tent Cities of Haywood and Fayette Counties? (US 80)
They both led to a decline in social activism.
They both attempted to reform the judicial system.
They both attempted to politically empower people.
They both led to the economic oppression of people.
What was the main issue the sponsors of this constitutional amendment sought to address? (US 81)
Some state governments were trying to reduce voter turnout in order to avoid social change.
Some Americans believed that charging a tax for voting would keep young people from participating in politics.
Some Americans believed that citizens should only be allowed to vote if they had enough wealth to afford to pay a tax.
Some state governments were trying to keep poor citizens from voting in order to stop the passage of legislation aimed at reducing poverty.
What type of protest is being shown in the image above? (US 82)
demonstrations
boycotts
sit-ins
freedom rides
What was the primary goal of the American Indian Movement? (US.82)
to improve the federal government’s treatment of American Indians
to force state governments to give voting rights to American Indians
to force labor unions to protect the worker rights of American Indians
to encourage businesses to create better job opportunities for American Indians
During the mid-20th century, which goal did the Chicano Movement and the Feminist Movement have in common? (US.82)
access to higher wages
changes to immigration laws
elimination of voting restrictions
desegregation of public facilities
This is an excerpt of a speech given by a Tennessean in 1916.
Which Tennessean gave this speech?
Anne Dallas Dudley
Robert M. LaFollette
Madam C.J. Walker
Alvin C. York
Which idea completes this Venn diagram?
established democratic governments in Latin American countries
Aprovided financial support to create stable economies in Latin America
formed strong military alliances with Latin American countries
advanced the interests of the United States in Latin America
This map shows a migration pattern that took place in the 1920s and 1930s.
What caused this migration pattern?
Drought, loose topsoil, and high winds created conditions that made farming nearly impossible.
High land prices prompted many farmers to sell their properties and retire to other parts of the country.
Rising crop prices made it possible for farmers to expand their operations into other parts of the country.
Government programs to provide low-cost housing in less populated areas led people to abandon farming.
This chart shows the relationship between several events.
Which event completes this chart?
assassination of President James A. Garfield
announcement of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision
use of violence during the Homestead Steel Strike
enactment of the Gentlemen’s Agreement
The women in this photograph are reflective of what trend in the 1920s?
The majority of women embraced new cultural norms and identified with the “flapper” culture.
Attitudes about fashion and behavior shifted, and more women challenged traditional cultural norms.
More women entered the workforce, and they tended to take jobs in traditionally male occupations.
New consumer spending habits reinforced traditional gender stereotypes for women.
This is a map of the world during World War II.
In which numbered location did the United States first implement the strategy of amphibious landing?
1
2
3
4
"A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no segregation part in enacting or devising the law. Who can say that the legislature of Alabama, which set up that state's segregation laws, was democratically elected?"
In 1963, while incarcerated in a Birmingham, Alabama jail for civil disobedience, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the above. He was referring to the gross violation of (US.79)
Jim Crow Laws
The First Amendment
Local segregation ordinances
The civil rights of African Americans
This is an excerpt from an interview with music historian Robert Gordon.
Based on this excerpt, which Tennessean musical influence is Gordon describing?
Grand Ole Opry
Motown Records
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Stax Records
These are lyrics from a song performed in the Broadway musical, Annie, set in 1933.
Individuals who agreed with the message in this song would have said what about President Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression?
His encouragement and support eased the fears of Americans, rebuilding their trust in the federal government’s ability to handle any crisis.
He encouraged Americans to honor their history by working hard and helping their neighbors.
By encouraging voluntary action instead of providing direct government relief, he showed the power of big business and improved the lives of Americans.
His hands-off approach was seen as a refusal to help Americans recover from the crisis.
