Unit 6 Quiz

Question 1

Blue collar workers were treated inferior to white collar workers in the 1950s

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

A law ordering segregated facilities is an example of de facto segregation.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Why couldn't minorities find work in the cities?

Accepted Answer

White flight caused major industries to move to the suburbs

Question 4

The National Farm Workers Associated succeeded in their strike to receive higher wages

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which incident sparked the Civil Rights movement?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Park's arrest in Montgomery

Question 6

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed literacy tests in polling places.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Why was the Equal Rights Amendment fought against?

Accepted Answer

Many believed it would harm the traditional American family

Question 8

Which activist group's focus was achieving success for Northern Black workers?

Accepted Answer

National Urban League

Question 9

Which group suffered the greatest economic hardships during the 50s?

Accepted Answer

Indigenous Americans

Question 10

What is Black Nationalism?

Accepted Answer

The creation of a separate state by and for Black people

Question 11

What was CORE's primary focus?

Accepted Answer

Nonviolent protest

Question 12

What did the Americans with Disabilities Act do?

Accepted Answer

Improved public access and education for people with disabilities

Question 13

Why couldn't Brown v. Board of Education be enforced at first?

Accepted Answer

The fed. government couldn't enforce it before the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 14

Why was nonviolent protest often difficult?

Accepted Answer

White mobs and officials would attack, arrest, and/or kill protesters

Question 15

Which of the following was a direct effect of expanded ethnic and racial studies across colleges?

Accepted Answer

More students began to understand and embrace their identities

Question 16

What is one reason why poor people were invisible to the middle class?

Accepted Answer

Clothes were affordable for everybody

Question 17

Why were Levittowns appealing to middle class families?

Accepted Answer

They were affordable

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of redlining?

Accepted Answer

h

Question 19

The Bakke Case declared that race could not be used as a criterion in college admissions.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Which of the following was a victory for Indigenous Americans?

Accepted Answer

40 million acres of land were returned to Alaska Natives

Questions 20