Martin Luther King's March on Washington eventually pressured Congress to...

pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Roe v. Wade stated that...

women have the right to an abortion

These headlines are most closely associated with

The beginning of the modern civil rights movement

Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers (UFW) primarily to

improve working conditions for farm workers

What was a major result of the GI Bill after WWII?

Millions of veterans received housing and college education

The changes shown in the chart were most directly the result of the

passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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

nonviolent attempts to oppose segregation

This organization fought for civil rights by filing lawsuits and demonstrating peacefully:

Black Panthers and Nation of Islam, NAACP

The effect of this Supreme Court ruling was to

end segregation/require the integration of public schools

Regents University of California v. Bakke decided that:

Universities can consider race in admissions, but no quotas

Post-war prosperity and an increase in GDP in the US caused:

increased wealth and consumerism by Americans

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1
Your right to an attorney even if you can't pay for one was guaranteed in this case:
Gideon v. Wainright
Roe v. Wade
University of California v. Bakke
Brown v. Board of Education
2
Martin Luther King's March on Washington eventually pressured Congress to...
work to integrate public schools
stop police violence against civil rights demonstrators
release civil rights protestors from jail
pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964
3
Roe v. Wade stated that...
schools must integrate children of different races
women have the right to an abortion
women have the right to divorce
the accused has the right to an attorney in a civil case
4
These headlines are most closely associated with
Southern resistance to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The effects of affirmative action programs
Decline in African American participation in politics
The beginning of the modern civil rights movement
5
Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers (UFW) primarily to
force restaurants to serve Mexicans in the southwest
improve working conditions for farm workers
end segregation against Mexicans in California
give Mexican-Americans the right to vote
6
What was a major result of the GI Bill after WWII?
Women kept their factory jobs after World War II
Veterans were exempted from gasoline rationing
Jobs were created by the Manhattan Project
Millions of veterans received housing and college education
7
The changes shown in the chart were most directly the result of the
Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education
enactment of voting-reform laws by these southern states
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
executive’s resistance to protecting civil rights
8
Lunch counter sit-ins and the actions of freedom riders are examples of
violent acts by the Black Panthers
nonviolent attempts to oppose segregation
Steps taken in support of the American with Disabilities Act
programs dealing with affirmative action
9
Brown v. Board of Education overturned which old court case?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scot v. Sanford
Lockner v. New York
Swift v. New York
10
Who was MOST wealthy after WWII in the 1950s?
African Americans in the cities
White people in the suburbs
Chinese on the West Coast
Migrant farm workers
11
Using GI Bill benefits, families looking for larger homes moved from cities to ____________
farms
rural areas
suburbs
more urban areas
12
This organization fought for civil rights by filing lawsuits and demonstrating peacefully:
Black Panthers and Nation of Islam
CORE and Black Panthers
Nation of Islam and KKK
NAACP
13
The effect of this Supreme Court ruling was to
desegregate the armed forces and the military academies
establish affirmative action programs in higher education
end segregation/require the integration of public schools
force states to spend an equal amount on each school student
14
Which development resulted from the construction of the interstate highway system
growth of long-distance passenger train service
decreased fuel consumption
reduced air pollution
increased suburbanization
15
Regents University of California v. Bakke decided that:
Universities can consider race in admissions, but no quotas
Universities can only use race in admissions
Universities can never use race in admissions
Universities must use race in admissions
16
The large increase in babies born after WWII is known as the
baby bomb
birth rate
baby boom
baby explosion
17
Post-war prosperity and an increase in GDP in the US caused:
Destruction of Levittown and Suburbia
Increase in foreign competition
GI Bill increasing college costs
increased wealth and consumerism by Americans

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