Question 1

Which statement best explains why the National Organization for Women included child care and maternity leave in their Bill of Rights for Women?

Accepted Answer

The organization recognized that working mothers faced special problems.

Question 2

The National Organization for Women wanted the US government to promote workplace equality by

Accepted Answer

allowing tax deductions for child care.

Question 3

Why did Malcolm X leave the Nation of Islam?

Accepted Answer

He disagreed with their separatist views.

Question 4

Which is a true statement about the Freedom Summer campaign?

Accepted Answer

It was met with violence by white protesters.

Question 5

After the passage of the Civil Rights Act, civil rights activists wanted to

Accepted Answer

improve voting rights in the South.

Question 6

Civil rights leaders wanted a strong federal law that would

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outlaw all discrimination on the basis of race.

Question 7

In the summer of 1967, one hundred fifty riots occurred to protest

Accepted Answer

racial inequality.

Question 8

Which of the following best states the purpose of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

Accepted Answer

to fight for the civil rights of African Americans

Question 9

Many women reacted to The Feminine Mystique by feeling

Accepted Answer

empowered to seek social and economic equality.

Question 10

Which of the following best describes the circumstances that led to Brown v. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

An 8-year-old girl had to walk through a dangerous area to attend an African American school each day.

Question 11

The first draft of the Civil Rights Act

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The first draft of the Civil Rights Act

Question 12

The decision in 1950 by the Supreme Court that banned separate but equal law schools in Texas

Accepted Answer

forced graduate schools across the country to integrate.

Question 13

Both the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Accepted Answer

organized freedom rides in the South.

Question 14

How did the ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut start the debate over reproductive rights?

Accepted Answer

The ruling legalized birth control.

Question 15

When some people reacted negatively to the presence of Jackie Robinson on the Brooklyn Dodgers, most of his teammates

Accepted Answer

came to his defense and offered support.

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