Which of the following groups endeavored to register African American voters in Selma?

White Citizens’ Council
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Arkansas National Guard
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What was the Higher Education Act of 1972 best known for?

a ban on gender discrimination
a ban on racial discrimination
expanding access to students with disabilities
expanding access to low income students
Question 3
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What was significant about The Feminine Mystique?

it captured the discontent that many American women were feeling
it was the first romance novel based in the U.S.
it was the first work of fiction written by a woman
it showed that most of the women interviewed were satisfied as housewives and wanted to stay out of politics
Question 4
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When was Malcolm X assassinated?

1965
1955
1968
1972
Question 5
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Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.?

Jack Ruby
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
Question 6
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How did the media coverage of the civil rights movement reflect unequal treatment of minorities?

the national news media focused more on the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party than voter registration
the national news media focused more on white victims than black victims
the national news media focused more on Fannie Lou Hamer than Martin Luther King, Jr.
all of these answers are correct
Question 7
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What was the 17th Parallel?

a line that roughly divides North Korea and South Korea
a line that roughly divides West Germany and East Germany
a line that roughly divides China and Russia
the provisional military demarcation line between North and South Vietnam
Question 8
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What made the 1960s a tumultuous decade?

the Vietnam War
political assassinations
civil rights movement
all of these answers are correct
Question 9
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Which of the following best describes President Eisenhower’s Domino Theory?

if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the next country would follow in a random pattern
if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect
if a dictator is removed from power, then a benevolent dictator would take his or her place
if a dictator is removed from power, then a worse dictator would take his or her place
Question 10
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Who was Cesar Chavez?

a Marxist revolutionary from Argentina who joined Fidel Castro to help overthrow Fulgencio Batista
a Senator who pushed schools to develop bilingual and cultural education programs for non-English speaking children
an American labor leader who used nonviolent protests to gain better working conditions for Latino farm workers
a Puerto Rican who organized boycotts that demanded Spanish speaking children be taught in their own language
Question 11
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Which law prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies or receiving federal funds?

American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
Higher Education Act of 1972
United States Rehabilitation Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Question 12
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Which event inspired Malcolm X’s “Ballots or Bullets” speech?

all of these answers are correct
a trip to Mecca where he learned that Islam taught racial equality
a meeting with Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party
the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Question 13
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Which type of segregation was most prevalent in the Northern United States?

de facto segregation
legally recognized segregation
de jure segregation
parallel segregation
Question 14
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The Constitution requires that ________ of the states ratify an amendment before it becomes law.

1/3
2/3
3/4
1/4
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Who inspired Malcolm X’s fight for civil rights?

Robert C. Weaver
Fidel Castro
Mahatma Gandhi
Elijah Muhammad