Question 1

In the 1940s, southern blacks who insisted on voting, especially those in rural areas, faced __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  pressure to migrate 
B)  fines and imprisonment 
C)  community censure 
D)  physical violence 
A)  pressure to migrate 
B)  fines and imprisonment 
C)  community censure 
D)  physical violence D

Question 2

In 1948, the Democratic National Convention split over the issue of civil rights, leading southern Democrats to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  walk out and nominate Governor Strom Thurmond 
B)  defect to the Republican Party 
C)  call for the impeachment of President Truman 
D)  oppose Truman's Supreme Court nominees 
A)  walk out and nominate Governor Strom Thurmond 
B)  defect to the Republican Party 
C)  call for the impeachment of President Truman 
D)  oppose Truman's Supreme Court nominees A

Question 3

The Nation of Islam was inspired by the militant nationalism of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Marcus Garvey 
B)  Ralph Abernathy 
C)  Mahatma Gandhi 
D)  Bob Moses 
A)  Marcus Garvey 
B)  Ralph Abernathy 
C)  Mahatma Gandhi 
D)  Bob Moses A

Question 4

The great migration to East Harlem from 1945 to 1964 was made up of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans 
B)  Puerto Ricans 
C)  Native Americans 
D)  Mexicans 
A)  African Americans 
B)  Puerto Ricans 
C)  Native Americans 
D)  Mexicans

Question 5

Nashville college students led by James Lawson wanted not only to end segregation but also to create __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a separate nation 
B)  a Christian and Gandhian community 
C)  black political dominance 
D)  a personal cult of leadership 
A)  a separate nation 
B)  a Christian and Gandhian community 
C)  black political dominance 
D)  a personal cult of leadership

Question 6

How did the decision made by Emmett Till's mother to insist on an open-casket funeral for her murdered son affect the struggle for civil rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Photographs of Till's mutilated body appeared in African American magazines and made its readers realize that northern African Americans were also vulnerable to racist violence. 
B)  Photographs of Till's mutilated body were circulated in the nation's most popular news magazines and convinced many southern white readers to oppose segregation and racist violence. 
C)  The photographs of Till's mutilated body swayed an all-white jury to find his murderers guilty. 
D)  After seeing the photographs of Till's mutilated body, President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to Mississippi to protect African Americans from further racist violence. 
A)  Photographs of Till's mutilated body appeared in African American magazines and made its readers realize that northern African Americans were also vulnerable to racist violence. 
B)  Photographs of Till's mutilated body were circulated in the nation's most popular news magazines and convinced many southern white readers to oppose segregation and racist violence. 
C)  The photographs of Till's mutilated body swayed an all-white jury to find his murderers guilty. 
D)  After seeing the photographs of Till's mutilated body, President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to Mississippi to protect African Americans from further racist violence.

Question 7

In regard to civil rights, the most important department of the Kennedy administration was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Interior Department 
B)  the State Department 
C)  the Health, Education, and Welfare Department 
D)  the Justice Department 
A)  the Interior Department 
B)  the State Department 
C)  the Health, Education, and Welfare Department 
D)  the Justice Department

Question 8

The bracero program __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  brought thousands of Mexicans to the United States as temporary agricultural and industrial workers 
B)  helped develop Puerto Rican communities in New York City 
C)  enforced the assimilation of Indian peoples 
D)  systematically returned confiscated land to Japanese Americans 
A)  brought thousands of Mexicans to the United States as temporary agricultural and industrial workers 
B)  helped develop Puerto Rican communities in New York City 
C)  enforced the assimilation of Indian peoples 
D)  systematically returned confiscated land to Japanese Americans

Question 9

Which of these was one of the key principles of the Montgomery bus boycott identified by Martin Luther King Jr.?

Accepted Answer

A)  We must seek out powerful white allies. 
B)  Black churches have hurt the movement as much as they have helped it. 
C)  Nonviolence along with Christian love and unity should be the guides for organizing protests. 
D)  The black community is still divided. 
A)  We must seek out powerful white allies. 
B)  Black churches have hurt the movement as much as they have helped it. 
C)  Nonviolence along with Christian love and unity should be the guides for organizing protests. 
D)  The black community is still divided.

Question 10

Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolent approach was most influenced by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Mohandas Gandhi 
B)  Walter Rauschenbusch 
C)  Bayard Rustin 
D)  Glenn Smiley 
A)  Mohandas Gandhi 
B)  Walter Rauschenbusch 
C)  Bayard Rustin 
D)  Glenn Smiley

Question 11

How did the government campaigns against illegal aliens in the 1950s change the strategy of groups such as LULAC and the GI Forum?

Accepted Answer

A)  They began to focus more on political campaigns and less on the legislative process. 
B)  They began to distinguish between the rights of legal and illegal Mexican immigrants. 
C)  They began to focus on protecting the rights of all Mexican immigrants. 
D)  They began to focus more on the legislative process and less on grassroots activism. 
A)  They began to focus more on political campaigns and less on the legislative process. 
B)  They began to distinguish between the rights of legal and illegal Mexican immigrants. 
C)  They began to focus on protecting the rights of all Mexican immigrants. 
D)  They began to focus more on the legislative process and less on grassroots activism.

Question 12

When LBJ became president in 1963, civil rights activists __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  expected immediate and aggressive action to advance their cause 
B)  viewed him warily, doubtful of his commitment to their cause 
C)  were outraged that an overt segregationist had become president 
D)  held a March on Washington to pressure him for action 
A)  expected immediate and aggressive action to advance their cause 
B)  viewed him warily, doubtful of his commitment to their cause 
C)  were outraged that an overt segregationist had become president 
D)  held a March on Washington to pressure him for action

Question 13

The Pittsburgh Courier's "Double V" campaign fought for victory over __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fascism abroad and over segregation at home 
B)  fascism abroad and over civil rights perpetrators at home 
C)  Nazism in Germany and atheism in America 
D)  Nazism in Germany and white supremacy in America 
A)  fascism abroad and over segregation at home 
B)  fascism abroad and over civil rights perpetrators at home 
C)  Nazism in Germany and atheism in America 
D)  Nazism in Germany and white supremacy in America

Question 14

What was Eisenhower's reason for sending federal troops to Little Rock?

Accepted Answer

A)  to endorse desegregation to the public 
B)  to uphold authority and enforce the law 
C)  to force a confrontation 
D)  to prevent violence by closing the school 
A)  to endorse desegregation to the public 
B)  to uphold authority and enforce the law 
C)  to force a confrontation 
D)  to prevent violence by closing the school

Question 15

Why were racially integrated Freedom Rides planned through the South in 1961?

Accepted Answer

A)  to test southern compliance with court orders banning segregation in interstate travel and terminal accommodations 
B)  to bus black and white college students to southern cities to organize lunch counter sit-ins 
C)  to confront white segregationists in violent rallies planned in Alabama and Mississippi 
D)  to force southern colleges and universities to enroll African American students 
A)  to test southern compliance with court orders banning segregation in interstate travel and terminal accommodations 
B)  to bus black and white college students to southern cities to organize lunch counter sit-ins 
C)  to confront white segregationists in violent rallies planned in Alabama and Mississippi 
D)  to force southern colleges and universities to enroll African American students

Question 16

As black migration to northern cities increased during the 1940s, African Americans gained significant influence in __________?

Accepted Answer

A)  professional sports programs 
B)  urban political machines 
C)  the civil rights movement 
D)  new federal laws 
A)  professional sports programs 
B)  urban political machines 
C)  the civil rights movement 
D)  new federal laws

Question 17

After Malcolm X made a pilgrimage to Mecca, he __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  turned toward overt political violence 
B)  abandoned black separatism and founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity 
C)  renounced his citizenship and moved to Ghana 
D)  joined King in founding the SCLC 
A)  turned toward overt political violence 
B)  abandoned black separatism and founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity 
C)  renounced his citizenship and moved to Ghana 
D)  joined King in founding the SCLC

Question 18

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  prohibited discrimination in most public places 
B)  ended segregation in the armed forces 
C)  provided an obstacle to future efforts for affirmative action 
D)  provided no assistance to communities in their efforts to desegregate schools 
A)  prohibited discrimination in most public places 
B)  ended segregation in the armed forces 
C)  provided an obstacle to future efforts for affirmative action 
D)  provided no assistance to communities in their efforts to desegregate schools

Question 19

According to Lyndon Johnson, what was one of the unintended political consequences of his signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

Accepted Answer

A)  White Southerners abandoned the Democratic Party in favor of the Republican Party. 
B)  Newly registered African Americans voted out congressional Democrats who had voted in favor of this legislation and turned control of Congress over to the Republicans. 
C)  African American voters in the South remained loyal to Lincoln's Republican Party and continued to support it in future presidential elections. 
D)  Northern liberals believed the Civil Rights Act did not go far enough in supporting and protecting African American rights, so they left the Democratic Party and established a powerful third party. 
A)  White Southerners abandoned the Democratic Party in favor of the Republican Party. 
B)  Newly registered African Americans voted out congressional Democrats who had voted in favor of this legislation and turned control of Congress over to the Republicans. 
C)  African American voters in the South remained loyal to Lincoln's Republican Party and continued to support it in future presidential elections. 
D)  Northern liberals believed the Civil Rights Act did not go far enough in supporting and protecting African American rights, so they left the Democratic Party and established a powerful third party.

Question 20

King and other black leaders believed white Southerners could be divided roughly into three groups, one of which was a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  tiny group of extreme segregationists whose views were opposed by most other whites 
B)  tiny minority of educated elites who were the greatest foes to civil rights 
C)  broad middle group that benefited from segregation but might not be willing to protect it 
D)  silent majority that opposed segregation but took no steps to overthrow it 
A)  tiny group of extreme segregationists whose views were opposed by most other whites 
B)  tiny minority of educated elites who were the greatest foes to civil rights 
C)  broad middle group that benefited from segregation but might not be willing to protect it 
D)  silent majority that opposed segregation but took no steps to overthrow it

Exam 28: The Civil Rights Movement

In the 1940s, southern blacks who insisted on voting, especially those in rural areas, faced __________.

In 1948, the Democratic National Convention split over the issue of civil rights, leading southern Democrats to __________.

The Nation of Islam was inspired by the militant nationalism of __________.

The great migration to East Harlem from 1945 to 1964 was made up of __________.

Nashville college students led by James Lawson wanted not only to end segregation but also to create __________.

How did the decision made by Emmett Till's mother to insist on an open-casket funeral for her murdered son affect the struggle for civil rights?

In regard to civil rights, the most important department of the Kennedy administration was __________.

The bracero program __________.

Which of these was one of the key principles of the Montgomery bus boycott identified by Martin Luther King Jr.?

Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolent approach was most influenced by __________.

How did the government campaigns against illegal aliens in the 1950s change the strategy of groups such as LULAC and the GI Forum?

When LBJ became president in 1963, civil rights activists __________.

The Pittsburgh Courier's "Double V" campaign fought for victory over __________.

What was Eisenhower's reason for sending federal troops to Little Rock?

Why were racially integrated Freedom Rides planned through the South in 1961?

As black migration to northern cities increased during the 1940s, African Americans gained significant influence in __________?

After Malcolm X made a pilgrimage to Mecca, he __________.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 __________.

According to Lyndon Johnson, what was one of the unintended political consequences of his signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

King and other black leaders believed white Southerners could be divided roughly into three groups, one of which was a __________.

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