Deck 24: Civil Rights and Human Rights, 1945-1965

Question 1

The creation of the United Nations boosted racial egalitarianism and marked an important step in the U.S. campaign for civil rights.​

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following suggestions was included in To Secure These Rights ?​

A) ​lynching should be made a federal crime
B) ​the prevention of job discrimination
C) ending racial segregation
D) ​ending voting rights infringements
E) ​All of these are correct.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Even though it was overlooked by many lawmakers, the Civil Rights Act included women as a protected class.​

Answer 3

True

Question 4

As Attorney General, Robert Kennedy urged his brother, President John F. Kennedy​, to take progressive actions for civil rights.

Question 5

The National Farm Workers' Association was established in 1962.​

Question 6

School integration lead to major incidents within all southern states.​

Question 7

The NAACP"S legal strategy involved ​

A) ​passive resistance.
B) ​arrest for passive protest.
C) ​fighting discrimination through the courts.
D) ​petitioning.
E) ​marching and demonstrating in courts, state capitols, and other government sites.

Question 8

The last major league baseball team to integrate were the _________________ , who did so in 1959.

A) ​Brooklyn Dodgers
B) ​Boston Red Sox
C) ​Chicago White Sox
D) ​New York Yankees
E) ​Cleveland Indians

Question 9

Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique ​had little impact on the feminist movement.

Question 10

As a result of the Displaced Person's Act, more than _________________ persons entered the United States between 1945 and 1960.​

A) 100,000​
B) ​250,000
C) ​500,000
D) ​1,000,000
E) ​2,000,000

Question 11

The two men who murdered Emmett Till were sentenced to death for the crime.

Question 12

Which of the following is true about the displaced persons who entered the United States after World War II?​

A) ​Many were victims of Nazi persecution.
B) Among them were anti-Communist refugees fleeing Soviet-controlled areas in Eastern Europe.
C) ​Refugees from the People's Republic of China were allowed to enter the United States.
D) ​Refugees from North Korea were allowed to enter the United States.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 13

Medicare and Medicaid were passed as part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program.​

Question 14

Truman established the President's Committee on Civil Rights after​

A) ​W.E.B. Du Bois appealed to him personally to address the nation's racial problems.
B) a group of South Carolinian police officers who senselessly beat an African-American veteran were acquitted by an all-white jury.
C) ​he saw moving images of racially motivated beatings in the South captured on camera.
D) there had been several pro-Civil Rights demonstrations in Washington, D.C.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 15

The 1961 freedom ride ​lead by James Farmer encountered little resistance from southern whites.

Question 16

Fallen soldier Felix Longoria was denied a wake at a funeral home in ​his hometown of Three Rivers, Texas, because

A) ​he had been a deserter.
B) ​he had been a spy for the axis powers.
C) he had protested against U.S. entry into World War II before he was drafted into the army.
D) he was ​Mexican.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 17

The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved in ​

A) ​1945.
B) ​1946.
C) ​1947.
D) ​1948.
E) ​1949.

Question 18

Students for a Democratic Society constituted what is referred to as the New Left.​

Question 19

In the same month that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was unveiled, the UN General Assembly voted to make _________________ a crime of international law.​

A) ​terrorism
B) ​hate crimes
C) ​genocide
D) ​rape
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 20

Ultimately, Paul Robeson​

A) ​was questioned by HUAC, but nothing came of the investigation.
B) ​was able to continue his career as a performer.
C) ​was jailed for pro-Communist activities.
D) ​fled to Europe and lived in exile.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 21

Some of the first organized sit-ins, which integrated Chicago restaurants during World War II, were organized by ​

A) ​the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
B) ​the Congress of Racial Equality.
C) ​the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
D) ​the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 22

The first lunch counter sit-in that gained a nationwide following took place in ​

A) ​South Carolina.
B) ​Tennessee.
C) ​Alabama.
D) ​North Carolina.
E) ​Georgia.

Question 23

Mendez v. Westminster ​ was a case involving

A) ​Mexican Americans' property rights.
B) school desegregation in California to allow access to Mexican American children.
C) ​Mexican Americans' access to naturalized citizenship.
D) job discrimination towards Mexican Americans.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 24

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why Eisenhower intervened in Little Rock?

A) ​He wanted to defend the principle of federal authority over the states.
B) ​He believed it would make the United States look bad in the context of the Cold War.
C) ​The Soviets had highlighted images of civil unrest to make the case that the United States was not ready for world leadership.
D) ​He wanted quick and swift action in favor of civil rights.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 25

The Brown II decision​

A) ​overturned the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
B) ​desegregated colleges and universities.
C) ​outlawed segregation in general.
D) ​stated that school desegregation should take place "with all deliberate speed."
E) ​created specific quotas for the number of African American students who would be admitted to all-white schools.

Question 26

The first televised presidential debate was for the election of _________________ .​

A) ​1952.
B) ​1956.
C) ​1960.
D) ​1964.
E) ​1968.

Question 27

The leading force behind Kennedy's civil rights platform was​

A) ​his own personal convictions.
B) ​agitation from civil rights demonstrators.
C) ​international pressure and foreign relations.
D) ​the recognition that he would need the African-American vote to win the election.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 28

Which of the following is true about the Nation of Islam?​

A) ​Their spokesperson was Malcolm X.
B) ​White racism was seen as an insurmountable barrier in the United States.
C) ​Their ideology was based on Marcus Garvey's back to Africa movement.
D) ​They called for blacks to develop all-black communities that nurtured and sustained black identity.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 29

The process of interposition entails​

A) ​cities opposing state laws.
B) ​states opposing federal laws.
C) ​citizens opposing municipal laws.
D) citizens opposing supreme court decisions.​
E) None of these are correct.

Question 30

The Montgomery Improvement Association ​organized

A) ​a large-scale boycott of city buses in Montgomery.
B) ​a protest at Montgomery's city hall.
C) ​a movement to desegregate schools in Alabama.
D) ​a movement to get African Americans elected to public office.
E) ​a separate faction within the Democratic party committed to civil rights.

Question 31

The purpose of HOPE (Help Our Public Education) was to ​

A) ​block the integration of schools in the south.
B) ​raise funds so that pro-segregationist parents can send their children to all-white private schools.
C) ​encourage schools' compliance with the Brown decision.
D) ​petition to have the Brown decision reversed.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 32

The White Citizens' Council formed in response to ​

A) ​the establishment of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
B) ​the murder of Emmett Till.
C) ​the Brown decision.
D) ​the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
E) ​the NAACP.

Question 33

Which of the following is true about the Civil Rights Movement?​

A) ​Members of SNCC showed the new bottom-up approach of the movement.
B) ​Middle and working class African-Americans participated in the movement for different reasons.
C) ​As younger activists participated, it moved away from the "talented tenth" approach that had been espoused by organizations such as the NAACP.
D) ​Publicly, Martin Luther King was strongly anti-Communist although privately he believed in democratic socialism.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 34

After learning of the Brown decision, Eisenhower​

A) ​was disappointed as he wanted the process of granting civil rights to advance more gradually.
B) ​congratulated Earl Warren.
C) ​pressured the Supreme Court to create a timeline to expedite the implementation of the decision.
D) ​formed a special committee for to oversee enforcement of the Brown decision.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 35

The Brown v. the Board of Education  ​decision

A) ​was passed in 1954.
B) ​overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
C) ​outlawed segregation in schools.
D) ​relied on psychological research which showed that segregation ruins self-esteem in black children.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 36

The Highlander Folk School trained students in ​

A) ​vocational trades.
B) civil disobedience.​
C) ​the knowledge necessary to gain admission into a university.
D) ​canvassing and petitioning for civil rights issues.
E) ​self-defense.

Question 37

Septima Clark and Ella Baker opposed _________________ within the civil Rights Movements.

A) ​violence
B) ​communist influences
C) ​sexism
D) ​pacifism
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 38

The southern manifesto to counter the process of integration was signed by _________________ ​members of Congress.

A) ​35
B) ​50
C) ​76
D) 89
E) ​101

Question 39

The Little Rock Nine were ​

A) ​a group of nine attorneys committed to fighting for civil rights through the courts.
B) ​a group of African American high school students chosen to be the first to integrate Central High School.
C) ​a group of white anti-segregationists who staged protests outside of Central High School.
D) a group of national guardsmen dispatched by governor Orval Faubus to block the desegregation of Central High School.
E) ​a group made up of ministers and other religious leaders who lead the Civil Rights movement in Arkansas.

Question 40

Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth​ was

A) ​a critique of American capitalism.
B) ​a critique of communism and the Soviet Union.
C) ​a manifesto for civil rights activists in the United States.
D) ​a manifesto for third-world revolutionaries.
E) ​a book detailing the history of America from the African-American perspective.

Question 41

The concept of comparable worth applied to equal pay for ​

A) ​men and women.
B) ​African Americans and whites.
C) ​immigrants and native born Americans.
D) ​unionized and non-unionized workers.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 42

The Free Speech Movement was led by ​

A) ​women.
B) ​labor organizers.
C) ​immigrants.
D) ​students.
E) ​white, middle-class Americans.

Question 43

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring highlighted the dangers of ​

A) ​pesticides and herbicides.
B) ​communism.
C) ​socialist welfare policies.
D) ​poor race relations.
E) ​the exclusion of women from the financial, educational, and political opportunities.

Question 44

The Voting Rights Act​

A) ​was signed into law by President Johnson.
B) ​was signed into law in 1965.
C) ​outlawed state and local policies that prevented African Americans from voting.
D) ​had an immediate and dramatic effect.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 45

Which of the following is not true about Johnson's Great Society program?

A) ​it expanded social welfare program.
B) ​it incorporated consumer protections.
C) ​it put forth a comprehensive plan to fight communism.
D) ​it incorporated environmental protections.
E) ​the centerpiece was the Economic Opportunity Act.

Question 46

The Feminine Mystique was published in

A) ​1959.
B) ​1961.
C) ​1963.
D) ​1965.
E) ​1967.

Question 47

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was a part of ​

A) ​the Brown decision.
B) ​the Civil Rights Act.
C) affirmative action.​
D) ​the Voting Rights Act.
E) ​the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party platform.

Question 48

The National Farm Workers' Association made its way into the national spotlight when it joined Filipino agricultural workers in a boycott against​

A) ​oranges.
B) ​grapes.
C) ​lemons.
D) ​tomatoes.
E) ​strawberries.

Question 49

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was organized by Martin Luther King and ​

A) ​Malcolm X.
B) ​Thurgood Marshall.
C) ​Paul Robeson.
D) ​A Philip Randolph.
E) ​Rosa Parks.

Question 50

Eugene "Bull' Connor, Birmingham's police chief​

A) ​opposed integration and civil rights protestors but never arrested Martin Luther King.
B) ​encouraged the residents of Birmingham to accept the process of integration.
C) ​grudgingly complied with the court-ordered integration of the city's golf courses, parks, and playgrounds.
D) ​encouraged the Ku Klux Klan to attack freedom riders.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 51

According to Betty Friedan, the feminine mystique was ​

A) ​women's ability to balance work and family life.
B) ​the argument that women rightfully belonged in the home raising children.
C) ​the idea of the "happy housewife" which covered up women's subordination to men.
D) ​the idea that there are some professions which are more naturally suited for women.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 52

The Port Huron Statement was the founding manifesto for ​

A) ​the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
B) ​the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
C) ​Students for a Democratic Society.
D) ​the Free Speech Movement.
E) the National Farm Workers' Association.​

Question 53

The Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Johnson in

A) ​1963.
B) ​1964.
C) ​1965.
D) ​1966.
E) ​1967.

Question 54

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) promoted​

A) ​African American civil rights.
B) ​participatory democracy.
C) ​nuclear disarmament.
D) ​socialism.
E) All of these are correct.​

Question 55

The Free Speech Movement began at ​

A) ​the University of Mississippi.
B) ​the University of Tennessee.
C) ​the University of California, Los Angeles.
D) ​the University of California, Berkeley.
E) ​the University of Pennsylvania.

Question 56

James Meredith was the first African American student to enroll in​

A) ​the University of Mississippi.
B) ​the University of Georgia.
C) ​the University of Alabama.
D) ​the University of Florida.
E) ​the University of Virginia.

Question 57

The National Farm Workers Association​

A) ​was begun by Cesar Chavez and his wife Dolores Huerta.
B) ​was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement.
C) ​included the efforts of African Americans and white college students.
D) represented the interests of migrant and undocumented workers.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 58

In Letter from a Birmingham Jail,  Martin Luther King ​encouraged

A) ​separation from whites until civil rights had been achieved.
B) ​the breaking of unjust laws.
C) ​sit-in's all over the nation.
D) ​the use of court cases as opposed to demonstrations for the purpose of achieving civil rights.
E) ​complying with segregation laws as the situation had become too dangerous.

Question 59

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held in August ​

A) ​1960.
B) ​1961.
C) ​1962.
D) ​1963.
E) ​1964.

Question 60

The Mississippi Freedom Summer Project ​

A) ​was established to fight against desegregation and civil rights.
B) ​was an independent investigation carried out by the state, which looked into the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
C) ​was established to promote voting among African-Americans in Mississippi.
D) ​ ​was an anti-civil rights faction of the Democratic party.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 61

Talk About:  Mendez v. Westminster​

Question 62

Talk About: human rights​

Question 63

Talk About:  Southern Christian Leadership Council​

Question 64

Talk About:  Emmett Till​

Question 65

Talk About:  NAACP's legal strategy​

Question 66

Talk About:  Little Rock Nine​

Question 67

Talk About:  Sweatt v. Painter​

Question 68

Talk About:  Orval Faubus​

Question 69

Talk About:  White Citizens' Council​

Question 70

Talk About:  President's Committee on Civil Rights​

Question 71

Talk About:  "freedom ride"​

Question 72

Talk About:  Oliver L. Brown​

Question 73

Talk About:  Jackie Robinson​

Question 74

Talk About:  Jane Crow​

Question 75

Talk About:  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee​ (SNCC)

Question 76

Talk About:  Earl Warren​

Question 77

Talk About:  Rosa Parks​

Question 78

Talk About:  Paul Robeson​

Question 79

Talk About:  Montgomery Improvement Association​

Question 80

Talk About:  Highlander Folk School​