Civil Rights Movement Review Flashcard

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What was the intent of this executive order? Options: to recruit more men to the military, to desegregate the military, to allow women to receive veterans' benefits, to end the use of literacy tests

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to desegregate the military

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Based on this excerpt, how did the Civil Rights Act affect the federal government's role in enforcing civil rights legislation?

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The law gave the federal government the authority to enforce civil rights legislation when necessary.

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What generalization can be drawn from the information in this chart?

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Though the organization had similar goals, they utilized a wide variety of strategies to try to improve civil rights.

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How did civil rights leaders such as Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X differ from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in their approach to achieving equal rights?

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They believed nonviolent tactics were not enough to win equality.

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In this letter, Dr. King is offering justification for what action? Options: armed resistance, civil disobedience, civil litigation, defiant rebellion

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civil disobedience

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How does this amendment impact democracy in the United States?

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It increases the electorate by removing socioeconomic variables to voting.

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What was the collective purpose of these pieces of legislation? Options: to encourage citizens to save money, to address issues caused by poverty, to prevent another stock market crash, to prevent the spread of communism

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to address issues caused by poverty

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What was a common element of the Chicano Movement, the American Indian Movement, the Women's Movement, and the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s?

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the desire to promote political, social, and economic equality for minority groups

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What impact did this book have on the United States?

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It led to the resurgence of a movement to expand women's rights.

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What was the constitutional basis for the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

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the equal protection clause