1960s Set 3 Civil Rights (Test 9)

Q: What presidential actions was Kennedy MOST likely referring to in the first paragraph?

A: a) Truman's desegregation of U.S. armed forces in 1948. b) Eisenhower's commitment of federal troops to help integrate Little Rock's Central High School in 1957. c) Abraham Lincoln's imposition of martial law during the Civil War. d) His own commitment of federal troops to protect Freedom Riders in 1961.
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Q: What presidential actions was Kennedy MOST likely referring to in the first paragraph?

A: a) Truman's desegregation of U.S. armed forces in 1948. b) Eisenhower's commitment of federal troops to help integrate Little Rock's Central High School in 1957. c) Abraham Lincoln's imposition of martial law during the Civil War. d) His own commitment of federal troops to protect Freedom Riders in 1961.
b) Eisenhower's commitment of federal troops to help integrate Little Rock's Central High School in 1957.
Q: Which of the following was MOST likely a significant cause of the sentiments depicted in the excerpt above?

A: a) Presidential commitment to using federal troops if necessary to force Alabama to integrate its public schools. b) Violence directed at civil rights activists in Birmingham. c) A series of bombing attacks directed at African-American churches in Birmingham. d) A personal appeal from Martin Luther King, Jr. in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" to President Kennedy to act on behalf of civil rights activists in Alabama
b) Violence directed at civil rights activists in Birmingham
Q: Which of the following MOST likely resulted from the policy described in the passage above?

A: a) Governor Wallace of Alabama hardened his stance against desegregation to the point that it was the central issue of his presidential campaign in 1968. b) Federal troops were frequently used from this point on to protect civil rights protestors who challenge segregation in the South. c) When Kennedy's letter was published in the Birmingham papers, violence against civil rights protesters quickly abated d) Kennedy's letter destroyed any hope his administration had of gaining congressional support for Civil Rights legislation during his term in office
a) Governor Wallace of Alabama hardened his stance against desegregation to the point that it was the central issue of his presidential campaign in 1968.
Q: The photograph best illustrates which of the following challenges of the Civil Rights Movement?

A: a) Firefighters used water hoses to disperse protestors. b)
Civil rights protests were rarely covered in the national media. c) Local governments used violence to enforced racially discriminatory policies d) African-Americans could not serve as firefighters
c) Local governments used violence to enforced racially discriminatory policies
Q: Which political leader would have MOST likely approved of the police tactics in the photograph?

A: a) John F> Kennedy b) Orval Faubus c) Dwight Eisenhower d) Lyndon Johnson
b) Orval Faubus
Q: How did the leaders of the civil rights movement attempt to bring attention to and overcome these violent tactics?

A: a) Leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. demanded the dismissal of local police chiefs b) Mass rallies were organized, such as the March on Washington c) The leaders demanded that such tactics be outlawed by the Supreme Court. d) Leaders led violent resistance against local law enforcement
b) Mass rallies were organized, such as the March on Washington
Q: How did the United States government attempt to bring such mistreatment to an end?

A: a) The Supreme Court declared school segregation to be unconstitutional b) President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act c) President Johnson declared martial law in states where such violence existed d) Congress banned the existence of hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan
b) President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act
Q: The ideas expressed in the passage above MOST directly led to political controversies over which of the following?

A: a) The role of the individual in protecting the environment b) The role of the federal government in protecting the environment c) The constitutionality of federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency d) American dependence on foreign oil, particularly in the Middle East
b) The role of the federal government in protecting the environment
Q: Which of the following themes in United States history is BEST demonstrated by the excerpt above?

A: a) Harvesting of natural resources was seen as part of the Manifest Destiny of the United States b) Americans have always envisioned themselves as caretakers of the environment c) As America industrialized, Congress took action to protect the environment from harm d) As America grew, new technologies altered the natural environment of North America.
d) As America grew, new technologies altered the natural environment of North America
Q: Carson's views expressed in the excerpt have the most in common with which of the following groups of organizations from earlier in American history?

A: a) members of the sierra club b) american cotton and vegetable producers c) chemical manufacturers d) the environmental protection agency
a) members of the sierra club