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This is the huge growth in population
Of the U.S. after WWII in the years 1940s – 1960s? A.) Industrialization B.) Urbanization C.) X Generation D.) Baby Boom D.) Baby Boom L F
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This was the U.S.’s first master planned
community after WWII ? A.) Hoovervilles B.) Shantytowns C.) Levittown C.) Levittown D.) Tenements L F
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This had a huge impact on the Presidential
debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in 1960 and has in Presidential elections since then? A.) Internet B.) Radio C.) Cellular Phone D.) Television D.) Television L F
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This helped increase awareness in the
national public about discrimination in the south and helped black leaders gain support for Civil Rights? A.) Radio Broadcasts B.) Television coverage B.) Television coverage C.) Internet Blogs D.) Text messages L F
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What type of revolution began in the U.S. with the development of the
personal computer and the cellular phone? A.) Communications A.) Communications B.) Political C.) Industrial D.) Foreign L F
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What did President Harry Truman integrate
With Executive Order 9981? A.) Schools B.) Buses C.) U.S. Military C.) U.S. Military D.) Restaurant L F
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Which individual was the first African
American to integrate Major League Baseball? A.) Smokey Robinson B.) Hank Aaron C.) Babe Ruth D.) Jackie Robinson D.) Jackie Robinson L F
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Which court established the doctrine of
“Separate but Equal” ? A.) Plessy v. Ferguson A.) Plessy v. Ferguson B.) Brown v. Board of Ed. C.) Swann v. Mecklenburg D.) Roe v. Wade L F
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Which of the following overruled the Plessy
case and forced schools to desegregate ? A.) Roe v. Wade B.) Bakke v. Regents of CA C.) Brown v. Board of Ed. C.) Brown v. Board of Ed. D.) Miranda v. Arizona L F
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In this Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to
citizens in Washington, DC to promote and influence Civil Rights legislation? A.) Letter from Birmingham Jail B.) “I have a dream” B.) “I have a dream” C.) Selma Speech D.) Albany movement L F
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In this Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to
White ministers who criticized King for using Public protests and civil disobedience? A.) Letter from Birmingham Jail A.) Letter from Birmingham Jail B.) “I have a dream” C.) Selma Speech D.) Albany movement L F
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This expanded African American voter
registration allowing more African american registered voters and political candidates in the south? A.) Civil Rights Act 1964 B.) Jim Crow laws C.) Voting Rights Act C.) Voting Rights Act D.) Plessy v. Ferguson L F
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This made it illegal to refuse services to
African Americans in public places like busses, diners, motels, etc.? A.) Meat Inspection Act B.) Wagner Act C.) Neutrality Acts D.) Civil Rights Act 1964 D.) Civil Rights Act 1964 L F
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This is the location where Governor Orval
Faubus refused to allow African Americans in schools? A.) Little Rock, ARK A.) Little Rock, ARK B.) Atlanta, GA C.) Davis, CA D.) Selma, AL L F
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Individual rights were expanded in which
Court? A.) Rehnquist Court B.) Warren Court B.) Warren Court C.) Roberts Court D.) Taney Court L F
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“In the name of the greatest people that
have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” Who? A.) Dwight Eisenhower B.) John F. Kennedy C.) George C. Wallace C.) George C. Wallace D.) Harry Truman L F
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This Court case resulted in police Being mandated to read criminal
Suspects their rights before being interrogated? A.) Marbury v. Madison B.) Gideon v. Wainwright C.) Miranda v. Arizona C.) Miranda v. Arizona D.) Bakke v. Regents of CA L F
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This event gave Lyndon Johnson political
capital to force the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Congress? A.) Tet Offensive B.) Kent State incident C.) JFK assassination C.) JFK assassination D.) Sputnik L F
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This event caused riots over 100 cities
Across the U.S. but persuaded Congress To pass the Civil Rights Act of 1968? A.) Great Society B.) MLK, Jr. assassination B.) MLK, Jr. assassination C.) Democratic National Conv. D.) Medicaire L F
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This person was running for President in
1968 when he was assassinated? A.) Martin Luther King, Jr. B.) John F. Kennedy C.) Barry Goldwater D.) Robert Kennedy D.) Robert Kennedy L F
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Which program was a declaration of war
on Poverty made by President Lyndon Johnson? A.) New Deal B.) Reaganomics C.) Great Society C.) Great Society D.) Trickle down L F
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Senior citizens could receive better
health care under this Great Society program? A.) Head Start B.) Social Security C.) Job Corps D.) Medicare D.) Medicare L F
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In 1968, televised riots here left many
Americans wondering if the U.S. could continue to tolerate dissent? A.) Kent State University B.) Dallas, TX C.)Democratic National Conv. C.) Democratic National Conv. D.) Atlanta, GA L F
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Which civil rights organization began
and remained non-violent in its strategies? A.) SCLC A.) SCLC B.) SNCC C.) CORE D.) Black Panthers L F
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Tactic used by SNCC in which students
sit at lunch counters in the south in diners that were white only until they were served or arrested? A.) Freedom Rides B.) Bus Boycott C.) Sit-ins C.) Sit-ins D.) Hunger Strikes L F
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Tactic used by SNCC in which black and white students rode together
on interstate busses throughout the south? A.) Freedom Rides A.) Freedom Rides B.) Bus Boycott C.) Sit-ins D.) Hunger Strikes L F
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Tactic used by African Americans in
Montgomery, AL after Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving for a white person to sit in the front of a bus? A.) Freedom rides B.) Bus Boycott B.) Bus Boycott C.) Sit-ins D.) Hunger Strikes L F
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Interest group created in 1966 to promote
equal rights and opportunities for women? A.) UFW B.) NOW B.) NOW C.) NAACP D.) TVA L F
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Founder and creator of the National Organization for Women (NOW)?
A.) Ida Tarbell B.) Rachel Carson C.) Betty Friedan C.) Betty Friedan D.) Jane Addams L F
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Founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW)
that used non-violent methods to get labor laws passed for Hispanic farm workers ? A.) William Garrison B.) Upton Sinclair C.) Jefferson Davis D.) Cesar Chavez D.) Cesar Chavez L F
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Cesar Chavez, as a tactic, organized a
Boycott on? A.) Public busses B.) Imported fruits C.) California table grapes C.) California table grapes D.) Fast food diners L F
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This individual started the modern Environmental movement?
A.) Rachel Carson A.) Rachel Carson B.) Ida Tarbell C.) Jane Addams D.) Betty Friedan L F
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Rachel Carson wrote this book protesting
the use of chemicals (DDT) in farming? A.) The Jungle B.) Silent Spring B.) Silent Spring C.) How the Other Half lives D.) Grapes of Wrath L F
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This day was set aside in 1970 to raise
awareness of environmental issues? A.) Earth Day A.) Earth Day B.) Arbor Day C.) D-Day D.) Presidents Day L F
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This was created by President Richard Nixon
in 1970 to set limits on pollution, conduct environmental research, and regulate businesses to protect the environment? A.) FEC B.) SEC C.) EPA C.) EPA D.) FCC L F
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This candidate winning the Republican
nomination in 1964 indicated a rise in the modern conservative movement? A.) Jimmy Carter B.) Barry Goldwater B.) Barry Goldwater C.) George W. H. Bush D.) Gerald Ford L F
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This Supreme Court decision declared that
a woman had privacy rights in the 4th amendment to get an abortion? A.) Baker v. Carr B.) Miranda v. Arizona C.) Regents UC v. Bakke D.) Roe v. Wade D.) Roe v. Wade L F
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This supreme Court decision rule that
affirmative action was constitutional but racial quotas were not? A.) Roe v. Wade B.) Regents UC v. Bakke B.) Regents UC v. Bakke C.) Gideon v. Wainwright D.) Baker v. Carr L F
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