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1   Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois disagreed on the issue of racial equality in that  

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2 Whose writings and practices inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and other nonviolent civil rights protesters?

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3Kennedy demonstrated his support for the civil rights movement most clearly when he

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4All of the following civil rights organizations employed nonviolent methods of protest except

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5Which earlier decision did the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, decision reverse?

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6The Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that

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7During what event did Martin Luther King Jr. first become a nationally prominent figure?

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8“Revolution is bloody, revolution is hostile, revolution knows no compromise, revolution overturns and destroys everything that gets in its way. And you, sitting around here like a fly on the wall, saying, ‘I’m going to love these folks no matter how much they hate me.’” The “you” in this speech probably refers to

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9“In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” These words were most likely spoken by

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10“Whoever heard of a revolution where [protesters] lock arms . . . singing, ‘We Shall Overcome’? You don’t do that in a revolution. You don’t do any singing—you’re too busy swinging.” This speech was probably made by

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11Violence against peaceful civil rights protesters in Selma, Alabama, prompted the

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12Which president supported the civil rights movement the least?

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13What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

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14Malcolm X was initially affiliated with the

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15 What did Executive Order 9981 do?

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16 Lyndon B. Johnson threw his support behind the civil rights movement so he could

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17 During what event did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous “I have a dream” speech?

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18Blacks in Montgomery, Alabama, boycotted public transportation for a year after

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19 Who was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court?

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20In the early twentieth century, civil rights activist Marcus Garvey pushed for

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21 Jackie Robinson made headlines in 1947 when he

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22All of the following statements accurately characterize the civil rights movement between 1940 and 1970 except

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23 Which methods did the NAACP primarily employ in order to achieve civil rights goals?

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24 The Civil Rights Act of 1957

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25 Eisenhower sent federal troops to desegregate public high schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 mainly because

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26Which organization did Martin Luther King Jr. found?

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27What was President Eisenhower’s response to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

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28The Twenty-Fourth Amendment

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29What happened during the Freedom Summer campaign of 1964?

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30In which city did the most infamous and destructive race riots of the mid- to late 1960s occur?

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31The SNCC was launched to organize more protests like

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32Although blacks had been struggling for equality for more than a century, the push for equality picked up momentum in the mid-twentieth century for all of the following reasons except

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33Who assassinated Malcolm X?

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34 What did Stokely Carmichael advocate?

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35The SNCC differed from the SCLC in that

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36All of the following were true of the Black Panthers except

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37Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam preached a philosophy most similar to that of

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38What was the main reason Lyndon B. Johnson promoted civil rights?

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39What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

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40The Civil Rights Act of 1964 differed from all previous pieces of civil rights legislation and Supreme Court decisions in that it

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41Most modern historians regard the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century as a continuation of the longer struggle for racial equality that began during

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42What was the de facto motto of civil rights activists in the 1950s and 1960s?

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43Which best describes President Kennedy’s attitude toward the civil rights movement?

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44Why did Malcolm Little change his surname to “X”?

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45James Meredith was the first African-American

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46What did Rosa Parks protest in 1955?

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47The “black power” movement was begun by disgruntled members of the

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48CORE was similar to the SCLC in that both organizations

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49What was the Southern Manifesto?

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50Martin Luther King Jr. was

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