LESSON SEVEN – Flashcards
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Photograph showing a restaurant where a white man is seated inside and African American men and woman are standing outside the closed doors © 2012 The Associated Press The image shows a restaurant that has closed its doors to African Americans. It reflects a reaction to what Great Society legislation?
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Civil Rights Act
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Great Society programs of the 1960s led to
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a decrease in the poverty rate
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Some critics of the Great Society believed that anti-poverty programs benefited which group the most?
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African Americans
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The title of the table below is "Annual Average Unemployment Rate of American Workers." 1960 5.5 1961 6.7 1962 5.5 1963 5.7 1964 5.2 1965 4.5 1966 3.8 1967 3.8 1968 3.6 1969 3.5 The trend shown in this table is a reflection of which Great Society legislative action?
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Tax Reduction Act, 1964
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The poor in the 1960s were
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disproportionately African American and suffered greater rates of disease and malnutrition
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Which of the following is a true statement about the Great Society?
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Vietnam was the main cause of its end.
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To fight poverty in the United States, Johnson's Great Society focused the majority of its efforts on what aspect of society?
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education
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Which of the following was the question at the heart of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
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Do separate schools based on race deprive minority children of rights?
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In which court case was a quota system used as an affirmative action plan ruled unconstitutional?
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University of California v. Bakke
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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court consider whether the Constitution protected a right to privacy for married couples?
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Griswold v. Connecticut
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The term "reverse discrimination" was used in
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University of California v. Bakke to describe affirmative action policies that negatively affected whites
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Which of the following was the question at the heart of the Gideon v. Wainwright case?
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Are states obligated to provide legal counsel when a defendant cannot afford one?
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Which of the following cases expanded the rights of people accused of crimes?
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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Which of the following cases was an important precedent for Green v. County School Board?
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Brown v. Board of Education
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The first thing Marco does when he gets an exam is to write down a timeline of the time period on which he is about to be tested. This helps him match up the names of important people and places with specific dates in history.
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Memory Dumping
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When Marco doesn't know the correct answer, he uses the process of elimination to cross out the wrong options first. He looks for clues in the grammar between the question and the answers. If he still doesn't know the answer, he doesn't stress about it. He circles the question so that he can come back to it later.
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Making Educated Guesses
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Marco always reads sample questions and answers at the beginning of each section. If they seem like they are going to be complicated, he breaks them down into smaller parts so that he can be sure he understands the individual parts first.
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Reading the Questions
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Marco looks over the entire exam. He assesses the difficulty of each section and makes a quick note in the margin. He also takes note of the point values for each question in each section.
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Scanning the Test
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Marco looks at the number of the exam questions and the time limit he has to complete the exam. Then he makes a schedule in his head for about how long he should spend on each question. While he's answering the questions, he glances at the clock to make sure he's moving at a good pace.
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Planning Your Time
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Marco always asks the instructor how the exam will be scored and how to fill out the answer sheet. He wants to be sure he understands the procedure of the exam before he begins.
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Reading Directions
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After he completes an exam, Marco goes back over the directions, the difficult questions, and his answers. He makes sure all of his answers are legible and placed in the right location in the answer sheet.
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Avoiding Careless Errors
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(LC)James Farmer was responsible for organizing which of these?
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Freedom Rides
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(LC)Rosa Parks contributed to which of these Civil Rights actions?
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the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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(MC)Which movement for social change modeled on the original civil rights movement achieved some success and avoided violence?
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feminist movement
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(MC)What resulted from the Supreme Court's ruling in Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
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People who were being arrested had to be informed of their Constitutional rights.
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(MC)Which statement describes the approach the Warren Court took to the issue of segregation?
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It ruled that segregation was unconstitutional and that efforts must be made to achieve integration.
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(MC)What did the majority of Supreme Court cases in the 1960s have in common?
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Civil liberties were expanded.
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(HC)Which Great Society program under Lyndon Johnson was the domestic equivalent John Kennedy's Peace Corps?
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VISTA
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(MC)The March on Washington was an attempt to do which of the following?
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pressure Congress to pass a Civil Rights law
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(MC)Which of these actions relied on a high level of community involvement among African Americans?
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the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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(MC)In what area did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) have its first successes?
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winning court battles against public school segregation
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(MC)The words below were spoken by a famous African American in the 1960s. "The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin' us is to take over. We been saying freedom for six years and we ain't got nothing'." Source: http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Texts/Narrative/King_What_We_Want.html Which civil rights leader would have agreed with the sentiments in this quote?
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Malcolm X
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(HC)Both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Freedom Rides were successful in that they resulted in the integration of transportation. What was the difference in the way the successful outcomes were achieved?
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The Freedom Rides succeeded due to federal intervention; the Montgomery Boycott succeeded due to local economic pressure.
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(HC)This photograph was taken during a protest march in Boston, Massachusetts: A color photo shows a group of white teenagers and adults marching in a city street toward the camera. A group of five high school age boys carries a large banner. The sign reads Education not transportation! Southie © 2012 Associated Press This protest march came about as a result of what Supreme Court decision?
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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
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(LC)Ratification of which Constitutional amendment was a victory for the Civil Rights movement?
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the 24th Amendment's outlawing of the poll tax
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(MC)Why did the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade represent a victory for women's rights activists?
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It gave women greater control over their destiny.
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(MC)The quote below is part of Title IX of the Education Amendments, passed by Congress in 1972: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Source: http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm Which statement explains how this law related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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It extended the protections of the Civil Rights Act to women.
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(MC)What is one similarity between the women's suffrage movement and the Civil Rights movement?
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They both slowly built significant popular support for their goals.
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(MC)Which goal was shared by the women's rights movement and the Civil Rights movement?
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the passage of laws banning discrimination
