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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Anderson, what happened to Brown after the signing the Southern Manifesto?
(a) It collapsed.
(b) It educated.
(c) It evolved.
(d) It thrived.

2. Who was president at the start of the Civil Rights Era?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Obama.
(d) Trump.

3. Once these types of jobs began to disappear in the United States, it became much more difficult for those without an education to make a living wage?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Government.
(c) Hospitality.
(d) Factory.

4. After the Supreme Court handed down two rulings requiring schools to reopen, what method of keeping schools segregated was employed?
(a) Freedom of Choice Plan.
(b) Education Equity Plan.
(c) Freedom of Education Act.
(d) The Freedmen’s Bureau.

5. What was one of the events that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
(a) The killing of Michael Brown.
(b) The murder of George Floyd.
(c) The murder of two young girls in Birmingham, AL.
(d) The killing of Amadou Diallo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gray’s Commission Plan was put into action in what year?

2. The Voting Rights Acts was a result of what 1965 event?

3. Which President continued Nixon’s work of rolling back civil rights?

4. By 1969, what percent of Prince Edward County schools were Black?

5. After the launching of Sputnik, many pointed to America’s failed what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe The Gray Commission Plan.

2. What Russian event sparked Americans to reevaluate their education system? Who was President at this time and how did he react?

3. After Brown, how did some Southern states attempt to weaken the NAACP’s impact?

4. Describe how Anderson explains the Reagan administration's “drug crisis.” How did it begin and what unethical things were done?

5. How did communism become intertwined with school integration and Brown?

6. In what ways did those who disagreed with Brown try to crush it?

7. Describe The Perrow Plan.

8. Describe the ways in which the Reagan administration continued to roll back civil rights, according to Anderson. What examples does Anderson use in regards to education?

9. What events led to the Civil Rights Act?

10. What was the National Defense of Education Act? Why was it written? Name a key player involved in its implementation. Did this person believe in equal education for all?

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