A decade after Brown v. Board of Education ...

Most Southern school districts remained segregated

An example of de facto segregation is ...

an ethnic group in public housing

Affirmative action is an initiative to ...

improve minority representation in education

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Age of Discord

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1
This president got us out of Vietnam:
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
2
An early step to inclusion of gays in the military was:
the Stonewall Club riots
integration of armed forces in 1948
don't ask, don't tell
sip-ins in military clubs
3
The murder of this young man in MS was a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement.
Emmitt Till
James Earl Ray
James Meridith
Medgar Evers
4
A decade after Brown v. Board of Education ...
US troops were sent to the south to force desegregation
the first black student graduated from Ole Miss
Most Southern school districts remained segregated
Most Southern school districts were desegregated
5
An early proponent of the Women's Liberation movement was ...
Jane Fonda
Betty Friedan
Jacqueline Kennedy
Phyllis Schafly
6
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 led to:
passage of new civil rights legislation
banning of the song We Shall Overcome
unity among groups seeking civil rights
riots in major U.S. cities
7
The Black Panthers advocated ...
affirmative action for college admissions
violent confrontation
greater racial integration
a return to Africa
8
This medium greatly facilitated the cause of the civil rights movement.
television
facebook
myspace
radio
9
Which is NOT an example of Jim Crow laws:
black sharecroppers
non-sharing of books
prohibition on interracial marriage
separate restaurants
10
John Fogerty's song "Fortunate Son" expresses anger over ...
assassination of JFK
draft evaders
assassination of MLK
a massacre in Vietnam
11
Plessy v. Ferguson approved the concept of ...
desegregated busing
elimination of poll tax
separate but equal
elimination of literacy test
12
This was a descriptor for pro-war activists in the Vietnam era.
hawks
doves
turks (turkeys)
eagles
13
An example of de facto segregation is ...
poll taxes
a voter literacy test
an ethnic group in public housing
separate seating on buses
14
This man led the United Farm Workers in their effort to obtain better working conditions.
Federico Peña
César Chávez
Juan Marichal
"Corky" González
15
The late 60's counter-culture movement had the most in common with ...
flappers
1950's rock 'n roll
Rosie the Riveter
1930's speakeasies
16
This massacre created the image of US soldiers as "baby-killers".
Hue
My Lai
Khe San
Ho Chi Minh
17
Affirmative action is an initiative to ...
eliminate prohibitions on interracial marriage
desegregate the armed forces
elect minority politicians
improve minority representation in education
18
The Montgomery bus boycott demonstrated the effectiveness of this type of pressure:
economic
political
social
physical
19
The American Indian Movement generally practiced ...
nonviolence
armed confrontation
occupation of sites
revival of religious ceremonies
20
This president greatly escalated the US involvement in Vietnam.
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nixon

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