Module 15 Review

Question 1

The Columbia Race Riots were a key event that led to the civil rights movement.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 2

In a ruling known as Brown II, the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

ordered the implementation of Brown v. Board “with all deliberate speed.”

Question 3

The labor shortage during World War II opened new job opportunities for African Americans.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 4

Which civil rights organization won several important court cases against segregation in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

NAACP

Question 5

clash ended with the death of a 15-year-old African American

Accepted Answer

New York Riots, July 1964

Question 6

What did the Kerner Commission conclude in its report to President Johnson?

Accepted Answer

that the nation should create new jobs to eliminate the ghetto environment

Question 7

set out on a 225-mile “walk against fear”

Accepted Answer

James Meredith

Question 8

Where did the Brown Berets begin their activism?

Accepted Answer

East Los Angeles

Question 9

How long did the Montgomery bus boycott last?

Accepted Answer

more than a year

Question 10

How does the National Urban League help African Americans?

Accepted Answer

It empowers them through leadership and education programs.

Question 11

How did Governor Orval Faubus respond to the desegregation and crisis at Little Rock?

Accepted Answer

He ordered the National Guard to turn away the African American students.

Question 12

What happened as a result of the CORE freedom rides through the South?

Accepted Answer

Segregation was banned in interstate travel facilities.

Question 13

became an Islamic minister in 1952

Accepted Answer

Malcolm X

Question 14

To which city did President Eisenhower send federal troops to protect African American students?

Accepted Answer

Little Rock, Arkansas

Question 15

The armed forces refused to allow African Americans to serve in World War II.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 16

In response to riots over desegregation the University of Mississippi, President Kennedy declared that

Accepted Answer

Americans were free to disagree with the law but not to disobey it.

Question 17

designed to encourage the registration of voters throughout Alabama

Accepted Answer

Selma Campaign

Question 18

What happened to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)?

Accepted Answer

It wasn’t ratified by the states.

Question 19

Why did Martin Luther King target Birmingham, Alabama for a civil rights campaign?

Accepted Answer

because it was considered the most segregated city in the South

Question 20

eliminated the literacy tests that had previously disqualified many voters

Accepted Answer

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 21

was a cofounder of the Black Panthers

Accepted Answer

Bobby Seale

Question 22

Who formed the National Organization for Women?

Accepted Answer

Betty Friedan

Question 23

What fueled the growth of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?

Accepted Answer

the discontent over the slow pace of reform

Question 24

What is one factor that contributed to the “feminization of poverty” in the early 2000s?

Accepted Answer

New trends in divorce settlements left women without support.

Question 25

What were Jim Crow laws?

Accepted Answer

They were laws that enforced the strict separation of the races.

Question 26

eliminated the poll tax from voting requirements

Accepted Answer

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

Question 27

Civil rights organizations campaigned for African American voting rights during World War II.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 28

Which of these African Americans is famous for breaking into major league baseball?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 29

violence lasted for five days and caused the deaths of 43 people

Accepted Answer

Detroit Riots, July 1967

Question 30

one of the worst race riots in United States history

Accepted Answer

Watts Riots, August 1965

Question 31

Which was a common employment option for women in the 1950s and 1960s?

Accepted Answer

clerical worker

Module 15 Review

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Module 15 Review

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