Civil Rights

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Which statement explains why Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark Supreme Court case?

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It contributed to the dismantling of segregation in many states

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The national television broadcast of these events led to:

• support for federal aid to education
• increased public support for civil rights legislation
• growth of the antiwar movement
• reliance on newspaper coverage of current events

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increased public support for civil rights legislation

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How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech affect U.S. politics?

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By increasing pressure on political leaders to pass federal civil rights legislation

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What does this time line imply about Rosa Parks’s activism during the Civil Rights era?

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Rosa Parks continued her activism after the Montgomery bus boycott.

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Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party are associated with ________. Options: civil disobedience, militancy ("by any means necessary"), cooperation, political lobbying

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militancy ("by any means necessary")

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The important Civil Rights Act of 1964 calls for __________.

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the end of discrimination in public areas

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This 1932 poster depicts an organization originally formed to advocate _______. Options:

• publicly funded health care for children
• better economic treatment of migrant workers
• a retirement system for farm laborers
• equal employment opportunities for women

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better economic treatment of migrant workers

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These murals were painted during the 1970s in California. This artistic movement demonstrates the contributions of which culture to U.S. art? Options: Mexican Americans, Chinese Americans, Irish Americans, African Americans

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Mexican Americans

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How did the Harlem Renaissance most contribute to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s?

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by promoting African-American culture as a source of pride

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What was the primary goal of the American Indian Movement?

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to improve the federal government’s treatment of American Indians