Which statement describes a boycott?

refusal to buy goods or services

What was the GI Bill?

made an educational scholarship for soliders

What happened as a result of the Baton Rouge bus boycott?

African Am. were given more access on buses

Which explains how Louisianans contributed to the D-Day invasion?

Boats used on DDay were made in LA

Which 2 events had a profound impact on McKeithen’s role as governor?

Civil Rights & Voting Rights Act

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Ch. 14 Louisiana History

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1940s-1972

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1
Which was General Eisenhower referring to when he said “they won the war for us”?
Flying Tigers
rationing boards
Higgins Boats
Louisiana Maneuvers
2
Which Louisiana governor started the civil service system?
Sam Jones
Earl Long
Jimmie Davis
Robert Kennon
3
Which prompted the US to join the Allied forces during World War II?
The Great Depression
the invention of the nuclear bomb
the attack on Pearl Harbor
The Holocaust
4
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
5
What did African Americans boycott in Baton Rouge in 1955?
hotels
restaurants
buses
trains
6
Which was the first to be racially desegregated?
military
schools
churches
transportation
7
Which statement describes a boycott?
refusal to buy goods or services
speaking out publicly
picketing outside a business
using organized groups to negotiate demands
8
Who filed the lawsuit that successfully ended Jim Crow segregation in NO?
MLK Jr.
AP Tureaud
Homer Plessy
Roas Parks
9
How are jobs awarded under a civil service system?
based on skills and experience
based on friendship
based on a lottery system
based on party loyalty
10
Which groups were needed to fill jobs during the war?
African Americans and children
women and African Americans
children and women
young men and women
11
What was the GI Bill?
provided ree medical care for soldiers
placed soldiers in jobs
made an educational scholarship for soliders
exempted soldiers from taxes
12
Which was Jimmie Davis known for before he was elected governor in 1944?
entertainer
civil rights activist
politician
community organizer
13
Which case resulted in school desegregation?
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Swann v. Charlotte Board of Edu.
Plessy v. Ferguson
14
What is rationing?
limiting consumption of goods
increasing consumption of goods
eliminating consumption of goods
illegal consumption of goods
15
What happened as a result of the Baton Rouge bus boycott?
African Am. were banned from city buses.
African Am. were given more access on buses
Jim Crow laws were strengthened
Bus companies went bankrupt
16
Which explains how Louisianans contributed to the D-Day invasion?
The mastermind of the attack was from LA
Boats used on DDay were made in LA
LA soldiers were the first to land on the beach
The commander was from LA
17
Which 2 events had a profound impact on McKeithen’s role as governor?
Kennedy & MLK Jr.'s assassinations
Brown v. BOE & BR Bus Boycott
Civil Rights & Voting Rights Act
WWII & Korean War
18
Which explains why Earl Long repealed patronage legislation?
stimulate the state's economy
create job's for citizens
reestablish absolute control
desegregate sate govt
19
Where was Higgins Industries located?
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Alexandria
20
Which best characterizes Jimmie Davis’ first term as governor of Louisiana?
desegregation
absenteeism
spending
corruption

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