GED Social Study 13

Question 1

Dr. King believed that resentment and frustration over racism should be channeled into ______.

Accepted Answer

Non-violent direct action.

Question 2

What was the significance of the 26th Amendment in American history?

Accepted Answer

It lowered the national voting age to 18.

Question 3

Who is a draft dodger?

Accepted Answer

a person who avoids military service

Question 4

The __________________________________ court ruling outlawed mandatory school sponsored prayer.

Accepted Answer

Engel v. Vitale

Question 5

When did the population baby boom begin?

Accepted Answer

Early 1950s

Question 6

They believed that equality could not be given, but had to be seized by a powerful, organized Black community?

Accepted Answer

Black Power Movement

Question 7

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 specifically forbids discrimination based on all of the following except ______?

Accepted Answer

age

Question 8

Young American activists during the Vietnam War would have likely supported passage of the __________________.

Accepted Answer

26th Amendment

Question 9

How did individuals like Thurgood Marshall work to improve conditions for African Americans?

Accepted Answer

He challenged segregation laws in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Question 10

In what way did President Truman (and later President Eisenhower) advance the cause of Civil Rights?

Accepted Answer

They integrated the military.

Question 11

What is it called when things are designed to wear out quickly?

Accepted Answer

planned obsolescence

Question 12

What is White Flight?

Accepted Answer

millions of middle class moving to the suburbs

Question 13

Burger King is a good example of what?

Accepted Answer

franchise

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of how religious rights were addressed by the Warren Court?

Accepted Answer

Mandatory public verbal prayers and bible study during class are illegal.

Question 15

How did Cesar Chavez and the UFW pressure farmers to increase wages and improve working conditions for Hispanic workers?

Accepted Answer

They staged a grape boycott.

Question 16

Which of the following organizations is the primary feminist (women’s rights) group in the United States?

Accepted Answer

NOW – National Organization for Women.

Question 17

What is the goal of planned obsolescence?

Accepted Answer

encourage customers to buy more

Question 18

The Black Panthers formed to protect against police brutality but they also served minority communities by __?

Accepted Answer

Opening childcare programs and giving food to poor minority communities.

Question 19

What did the GI Bill give people?

Accepted Answer

Loans

Question 20

The leading organization associated with the Latino-American Civil Rights Movement is the ______________.

Accepted Answer

United Farm Workers Association

Question 21

What impact did the Brown v. Board of Education landmark decision have on the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

Ruled "separate but equal" laws in education were unconstitutional.

Question 22

Most Americans in the 1960s relied upon what as their source of information

Accepted Answer

TV

Question 23

When Rock and Roll first started, the audience was mostly of what race?

Accepted Answer

White

Question 24

Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) in 1966 primarily to ____________________.

Accepted Answer

improve working conditions for migrant laborers.

Question 25

What pivotal role did Rosa Parks play in sparking the Civil Rights movement during the 1950’s?

Accepted Answer

She bravely agreed to challenge bus segregation laws in Montgomery

Question 26

What was the basic principle behind the government’s adoption of the Termination Policy?

Accepted Answer

End Federal recognition of Indian tribes.

Question 27

What made Dr. King’s protest in Birmingham, Alabama different from most of the other protests during this time?

Accepted Answer

It involved children, police used hoses and police dogs on the protesters.

Question 28

The main goals of the American Indian Movement (AIM) included all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

rejection of indigenous cultures and ideas

Question 29

What is a term for near the end of a project?

Accepted Answer

almost home

Question 30

What is the primary legal principle established by the Escobedo and Miranda rulings?

Accepted Answer

You must be informed of your right to counsel when arrested.

Question 31

A company that offers same products or services in many organizations is called what?

Accepted Answer

Franchise

Question 32

What was the government agency that licenses TV, telephone, radio, etc.

Accepted Answer

FCC

Question 33

Who was the leader of Cuba

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

Question 34

Businesses and organizations receiving federal funds may not discriminate against people with disabilities under the __.

Accepted Answer

Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Question 35

How did the SNCC attempt to force integration in eating establishments in the South?

Accepted Answer

They held sit-ins for extended periods of time.

Question 36

What was the name of the military strategy when Kennedy was President?

Accepted Answer

flexible response

Question 37

What challenges did the Plessy v. Ferguson court decision present regarding civil rights in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Upheld “separate but equal” laws in many states.

Question 38

Who was the Russian leader that was enemies with Kennedy in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Khrushchev

Question 39

What is the significance of the Little Rock Nine to the Civil Rights Movement?

Accepted Answer

Students were escorted into an all white high school by the National Guard.

Question 40

What is flower power?

Accepted Answer

symbol of passive resistance, promoting peace and love

Question 41

Lunch counter sit-ins and the actions of freedom riders are examples of ____________.

Accepted Answer

nonviolent attempts to oppose segregation.

Question 42

What is the name of the idea of spending lots of money on many products?

Accepted Answer

consumerism

Question 43

Which of the following was established when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Gideon v. Wainwright case?

Accepted Answer

You have the right to have a lawyer even if you cannot afford one.

Question 44

All of the following are correct concerning the American Indian Movement (AIM) EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

They forced the Smithsonian to close a Native American exhibit.

Question 45

Which of the following would have been a demand made by women’s rights leaders in the 60’s and 70’s?

Accepted Answer

Social and economic equality.

Question 46

What purpose does a hot line serve?

Accepted Answer

communication for USA & USSR to lessen threat of war

Question 47

Which option below is considered a victory for almost all the protest groups we have studied in this civil rights unit?

Accepted Answer

Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 48

What did Jonas Salk do?

Accepted Answer

vaccine for polio

Question 49

The __ required school districts to provide classes for immigrants in their native language while they learned English.

Accepted Answer

Bilingual Education Act

Question 50

One civil rights group, CORE, began planning Freedom Rides. What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?

Accepted Answer

To challenge the bus seating and bus waiting room segregation rules.

Question 51

How did the Roe v. Wade decision affect women?

Accepted Answer

It gave them the right to have an abortion.

Question 52

What did the Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education court case decide in relation to Civil Rights?

Accepted Answer

It forced busing of students to integrate public schools.

Question 53

What separated East Berlin from West Berlin?

Accepted Answer

Berlin wall

Question 54

Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

Question 55

What is the population explosion called in the USA after WW2?

Accepted Answer

Baby Boom

Question 56

Who took financial aid from Russia for Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

Question 57

Cesar Chavez was to the United Farm Workers Association, what Maggie Kuhn was to the ______.

Accepted Answer

Gray Panthers

Question 58

What was the goal of the SNCC’s involvement in the Freedom Summer in Mississippi that resulted in 3 murders?

Accepted Answer

To get many more African Americans to register to vote.

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