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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What powerful force did Blacks use to expose to the world how they have been treated?
(a) Social Media.
(b) Email campaigns.
(c) The media.
(d) The Internet.

2. What group worked to overturn Jim Crow laws in the 1930s?
(a) NAACP.
(b) YMCA.
(c) CIA.
(d) AARP.

3. By 1969, what percent of Prince Edward County schools were Black?
(a) 10%.
(b) 98%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 56%.

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

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) Intergeneration.
(b) Interrogation.
(c) Interposition.
(d) Interlocution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some argued that Brown stemmed from what type of manipulation?

2. The objective of the White Citizens Council that sprang up throughout the South was to do what?

3. In response to Cooper v. Aaron, the Governor of Arkansas did what to public schools?

4. Which civil rights leader spoke of his “Dream” in front of 250,000 people on the National Mall?

5. Which law required equal education opportunity for all regardless of race?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe The Perrow Plan.

2. What events led to the Civil Rights Act?

3. Describe The Gray Commission Plan.

4. Which ruling demanded that Brown must be obeyed? What did states do subsequently to avoid integrating?

5. When did Brown v. Board of Education pass? What did it declare? What prominent attorney backed this legislation and why?

6. What was the civil rights movement?

7. Describe the ways in which the Reagan administration continued to roll back civil rights, according to Anderson. What examples does Anderson use in regards to education?

8. After Brown, how did some Southern states attempt to weaken the NAACP’s impact?

9. Describe how Anderson explains the Reagan administration's “drug crisis.” How did it begin and what unethical things were done?

10. What Russian event sparked Americans to reevaluate their education system? Who was President at this time and how did he react?

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