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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was one of the events that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
(a) The murder of George Floyd.
(b) The murder of two young girls in Birmingham, AL.
(c) The killing of Michael Brown.
(d) The killing of Amadou Diallo.
2. In an effort to prevent school integration, The Texas Council proposed a Constitutional Amendment that would require whom to answer to Congress?
(a) The Police Department.
(b) The White Citizens Council.
(c) The Supreme Court.
(d) The Department of Education.
3. According to Anderson, what happened to Brown after the signing the Southern Manifesto?
(a) It educated.
(b) It evolved.
(c) It collapsed.
(d) It thrived.
4. Due to the resistance in both the North and South to integrating schools, Congress had to pass what law?
(a) The Homestead Act.
(b) The Southern Manifesto.
(c) Brown v. Board II.
(d) The Southern School Integration Act.
5. In response to Cooper v. Aaron, the Governor of Arkansas did what to public schools?
(a) Closed them.
(b) Integrated them.
(c) Segregated them.
(d) Opened them.
6. Which two Supreme Court Justices during both the Nixon and Reagan administration supported legislation that would roll back civil rights?
(a) Burger and Reagan.
(b) Rehnquist and McDonald.
(c) Ginsburg and Alito.
(d) Burger and Rehnquist.
7. The objective of the White Citizens Council that sprang up throughout the South was to do what?
(a) Integrate the South.
(b) Relocate Blacks.
(c) Destroy Brown v. Board.
(d) Reinstate slavery.
8. During the time of the Civil Rights Act, the President tried to redefine racism as an individual what?
(a) Act.
(b) Inclination.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Aberration.
9. Who was Deputy Director of the National Security Council under Reagan?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) Oliver North.
(c) Oliver Stone.
(d) Jamie Oliver.
10. In addition to student aid cuts, Reagan reduced what school program by $1.46 billion?
(a) Art.
(b) Nutrition.
(c) Physical Education.
(d) Music.
11. The Perrow plan proposed to cut public school funding while funneling tax payer dollars into what?
(a) Hospitals.
(b) The Police Department.
(c) Private education.
(d) His bank account.
12. In 1970, what act was renewed for another five years?
(a) The Freedom Act.
(b) The Civil Rights Act.
(c) The Voting Rights Act.
(d) The Equality Opportunity Act.
13. Which Alabama Governor received a congratulatory telegram after blocking a Black student’s acceptance to a Tuscaloosa University?
(a) George Washington.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) George Walters.
(d) George Jefferson.
14. Which tax supports public school education?
(a) Income.
(b) Property.
(c) Excise.
(d) Education.
15. According to Anderson, quality education can do what for people?
(a) Break the cycle of poverty.
(b) Improve health outcomes.
(c) Improve housing conditions.
(d) Improve health outcomes, break the cycle of poverty, and improve housing conditions.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does NDEA stand for?
2. In which decade did the civil rights movement begin?
3. During the Civil Rights Era, Black Americans began to see what?
4. Some argued that Brown stemmed from what type of manipulation?
5. What is the title of Chapter 4?
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