1. Truman's most important contribution to the civil rights movement was
desegregating
1. public education.
2. public housing.
3. the armed forces.
4. major league baseball.
Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the following quotation from
a Supreme Court decision and on your knowledge of social studies.
"We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal"
has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
2. This quotation expresses the decision in the case of
1 Plessy v. Ferguson
2. Sacco and Vanzetti
3. Korematsu v. United States
4. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
3. The decision was based on the idea that segregated schools are
likely to
1. cause members of a minority to feel socially inferior.
2. experience unnecessary administrative problems.
3. place excessive burdens on school transportation.
4. This decision marked the beginning of the end of
1. racial violence
2. public education
3. legal racial discrimination
4. the civil rights movement
5. The Supreme Court reversed the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision and
declared that
1. accused persons must hear the testimony of witnesses against them
at the time of arrest.
2. free speech does not extend to shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
3. the doctrine of "separate but equal" is unconstitutional.
4. referees may intervene when voters are faced with discrimination
6. In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court ruled
that segregated public schools
1. provided an appropriate education for all students.
2. must be made equal to non-segregated schools.
3. must comply with federal standards.
4. provided an unequal education
7. The decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka established that
;
1. racial discrimination is legal.
2. the "separate but equal" principle is constitutional.
3. poll taxes are illegal.
4. segregating students by race is unconstitutional.
8. A comparison of the decisions in Plessy Ferguson and Brown v. Board of
Education illustrates that
1. protection of civil rights has long been a judicial priority.
2. Supreme Court decisions may be reversed over time.
3. civil disobedience is unconstitutional.
4. the courts have given greater protection to property rights than to
individual liberty.
9. Martin Luther King, Jr., believed that racial attitudes could best be
improved through
1. repeal of the Thirteenth Amendment.
2. establishing a separate nation for African Americans.
3. nonviolent protest.
4. school segregation.
10. Martin Luther King, Jr., urged his followers to seek justice by
1. using violence.
2. engaging in civil disobedience.
3. leaving a community that practiced racism.
4. demanding reparations from Congress.
11. "We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure
suffering.... We will not hate you, but we cannot obey your unjust
laws...."
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This quotation advocates
1. segregation
2. anarchy
3. prohibition
4. civil disobedience
12. "You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws.
This is a legitimate concern.... The answer is found in the fact that there are two
types of laws: there are just and there are unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine
that an 'unjust law is no law at all.' "
This statement justifies the idea of
1. subversion
2. checks and balances
3. socialism
4. civil disobedience
13. Which action in U.S. history is an example of civil disobedience?
1. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People sued the state of Kansas for violating the constitutional rights of public school students.
2. The Congress of Racial Equality supported legal desegregation of buses and trains in the South.
3. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized a boycott
in Montgomery, Alabama, until transportation facilities were integrated.
4. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.
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