SNCC was originally involved with:

Peacefully attempting to desegregate lunch counters.

What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

To overthrow a Communist dictator.

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?

The Americans did not invade Cuba.

What happened to the Taft Hartley Act?

It was passed over Truman's veto.

The Black Panthers did all of the following except:

Call for a black nation within the United States.

The Immigration Act of 1965 got rid of which of the following?

Quotas of immigrants by nation.

What was John Kennedy's first act in favor of civil rights?

He arranged for Martin Luther King to be released from jail.

Which of the following would be said by someone who believed in Black Power?

"Don't get in the way of my civil rights, or else."

What did Stokely Carmichael do when he became the head of SNCC?

He began advocating for black self-defense.

How many points are there in the Ten-Point Plan?

The sum of 5 + 5., More than nine but fewer than eleven., The same as the number of commandments in the Bible., The square root of 100.

What changed Malcolm's mind about racial issues?

His pilgrimage to the holy city of Islam.

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1
Under the Voting Rights Act, this was made illegal:
Affirmative action.
Literacy tests.
Lynchings.
Poll taxes.
2
SNCC was originally involved with:
Registering people to vote in the South.
Urging blacks and whites to live in the same neighborhoods.
Organizing the bus boycott in Alabama.
Peacefully attempting to desegregate lunch counters.
3
What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
To capture pork for a barbecue.
To overthrow a Communist dictator.
To liberate American prisoners.
To bring relief to Western Europe.
4
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
Fidel Castro stepped down from power.
Nikita Khrushchev was assassinated.
The Soviets agreed to remove their missiles from Turkey.
The Americans did not invade Cuba.
5
What happened to the Taft Hartley Act?
It was passed over Truman's veto.
It was declared unconstitutional.
It never was enforced.
It was defeated in the Senate.
6
Malcolm X was taught that:
Nonviolent resistance was stupid.
All of these.
African Americans could not secure equal rights in the U.S.
Muslims could not be anything other than black.
7
The Black Panthers did all of the following except:
Carry guns in public.
Call for a black nation within the United States.
Compose a ten-point plan.
Patrol the police.
8
Which of these outlawed the poll tax?
The 24th Amendment.
The Civil Rights Act of 1968.
The 22nd Amendment.
Proposition 209.
9
Which case said that race could be considered as one factor for college admissions?
Bakke v. UC Regents.
Fisher v. Texas
Brown v. Board.
Grutter v. Bollinger
10
The Immigration Act of 1965 got rid of which of the following?
All deportations of illegal workers.
A ban on Chinese immigrants.
English-only schools.
Quotas of immigrants by nation.
11
COINTELPRO stood for:
Cold Intelligent Professionals.
Counter Intelligence Program.
Cone Tell Pros.
Coins, Telecommunication and Progress.
12
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination:
In all of these places.
In all public places.
In colleges and government jobs.
In public schools.
13
What was John Kennedy's first act in favor of civil rights?
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Nothing; he died before he could do anything.
He desegregated the military.
He arranged for Martin Luther King to be released from jail.
14
Which of the following would be said by someone who believed in Black Power?
"Don't get in the way of my civil rights, or else."
"Peace upon you, brothers and sisters."
"Coal is the energy source of the future."
"Can't we all just get along?"
15
Mahatma Gandhi was Martin Luther King's mentor in the concept of:
Christianity.
Marches in public.
Sitting at whites-only lunch counters.
Nonviolent resistance.
16
The whole idea of affirmative action was to:
Reverse the effects of negative action.
Make up for past injustices.
Force public schools to integrate.
None of the above.
17
What did Stokely Carmichael do when he became the head of SNCC?
He immediately resigned and moved to Africa.
He began advocating for black self-defense.
He went out and bought some shotguns.
He read Mao Tse-Tung's little red book.
18
How many points are there in the Ten-Point Plan?
The sum of 5 + 5.
More than nine but fewer than eleven.
The same as the number of commandments in the Bible.
The square root of 100.
19
The extraordinary thing about the "I Have A Dream" speech was that it:
Summed up the vision of the civil rights movement.
Took place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Was largely spontaneous and unscripted.
All of the above.
20
What changed Malcolm's mind about racial issues?
His pilgrimage to the holy city of Islam.
His being sentenced to prison.
His assassination.
His suspension from the Nation of Islam.

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