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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Due to the resistance in both the North and South to integrating schools, Congress had to pass what law?
(a) The Southern School Integration Act.
(b) The Homestead Act.
(c) The Southern Manifesto.
(d) Brown v. Board II.

2. Beginning in 1956, Southern states passed a series of law banning what organizing from operating within its borders?
(a) AAA.
(b) The NAACP.
(c) The WCC.
(d) The NYPD.

3. Who was president when Sputnik was launched?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Donald J. Trump.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

4. What was the name of the person whose refusal to give up his/her bus seat in the 1960s sparked the civil rights movement?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Rosie the Riveter.
(c) Parker Rose.
(d) Rosa Parks.

5. What word describes the claim made in the Deep South and Virginia stating they did not have to follow federal laws with which they disagreed?
(a) Interposition.
(b) Intergeneration.
(c) Interlocution.
(d) Interrogation.

6. In response to Cooper v. Aaron, the Governor of Arkansas did what to public schools?
(a) Integrated them.
(b) Segregated them.
(c) Opened them.
(d) Closed them.

7. Which national organization does Anderson name as supporting the civil rights movement at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) The Leaders of the Southern Christian Association.
(b) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(c) The King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
(d) The Confederation of Southern Christian Kings.

8. Though Representative Elliot believed the U.S. had to work toward better education, he did not believe in what?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Freedom of choice.
(c) Integration.
(d) Private schools.

9. After the launching of Sputnik, many pointed to America’s failed what?
(a) Military system.
(b) Industrial system.
(c) Solar system.
(d) Education system.

10. What 1986 Act passed by Congress enacted mandatory sentencing in for drug offenses?
(a) The National Drug Free America Act.
(b) The Anti-Drug Treatment Act.
(c) The Abuse of Freedom Act.
(d) The Anti-Drug Abuse Act.

11. During the time of the Civil Rights Act, the President tried to redefine racism as an individual what?
(a) Aberration.
(b) Inclination.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Act.

12. The southern closure of school affected whom?
(a) White students only.
(b) Blacks students only.
(c) Black and white Students.
(d) Had no effect on students.

13. As the nation began to lag behind because of lack of education, who did some Southerners placed blame?
(a) Black teachers.
(b) White teachers.
(c) White parents.
(d) Black parents.

14. Under Reagan’s administration, a series of student aid cuts worked to reduce Black enrollment by how much?
(a) 8%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 20%.

15. In 1970, what act was renewed for another five years?
(a) The Voting Rights Act.
(b) The Civil Rights Act.
(c) The Freedom Act.
(d) The Equality Opportunity Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does NDEA stand for?

2. In 1963, how many Black children attended public schools with white children in SC, AL, and MI?

3. The NAACP was not allowed to resume operations in Alabama until what year?

4. According to Anderson, what happened to Brown after the signing the Southern Manifesto?

5. In 1949, what governor proposed an amendment that would send money to private white schools and get rid of public schools?

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