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| To which city did President Eisenhower send federal troops to protect African American students? |
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| At which school was there major rioting over James Meredith's enrollment? |
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| The University of Mississippi |
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| How did Bull Connor react to civil rights marchers in Birmingham, Alabama? |
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| He ordered the use of police dogs and fire hoses against the marchers |
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| The first of the confrontations on the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the march on Selma became known as: |
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| The Kerner Commission claimed that race riots of the 60s were caused by: |
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| continued discrimination and poverty |
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| Which of the following contibuted to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? |
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| While in prison, Malcom X became a convert to: |
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| As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev: |
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| As a result of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: |
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| nearly 40 countries ended aboveground nuclear tests |
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| The Warren Commission concluded that: |
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| Lee Harvey Oswalk acted alone in Kennedy's assassination |
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| Kennedy changed the US approach in the Cold War by: |
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| creating the Green Berets |
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| The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow: |
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| Kennedy prevented completion of missile bases in Cuba by apporving a: |
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| What effect did the Cold War have on the American space program? |
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| competition with the Soviet Union spurred American improvement |
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| What was one result of the Great Society? |
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| the lives of many underprivileged Americans improved |
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| The Warren Court often made rulings that: |
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| supported civil liberties |
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| congress's response to the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was to: |
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| restrict the use of pesticides |
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| Which was a factor helping Kennedy in the 1960 election? |
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| first presidential debate |
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| Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education? |
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| The civil right's act of 1957 made illegal which of the following? |
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| Phyllis Schlafly became well known for her efforts to |
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| defeat the Equal Rights Ammendment |
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| Which of the following was not advocated by the Black Panthers? |
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| Which of the following is an example of de facto segregation? |
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| a concentration of urban African Americans in slum areas |
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| Martin Luther King Jr. was a founder and the first president of the ---- |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
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| One accomplishment of the ---- was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities. |
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| One legacy of the Civil Rights movement that has been challenged in recent years is ------. |
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| affirmative action programs |
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| What event inspired Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to form the Black Panthers? |
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| state police beating up demonstrators in Selma, Alabama |
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| Which of the following is not a true statement about the Southern Manifesto? |
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| it was a statement that supported the expansion of the civil rights movement |
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| economic assistance to latin america (failed) |
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| equal funding for men and women in education and athletics |
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| sent volunteers to poor cities in America to aid |
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| medical care for those over 65 |
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| American space program established in response to soviet union |
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| the belife that women have ahard time getting promoted in the workplace |
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| used by Johnson against Goldwater; attacks him because he wants to continued the war in Vietnam |
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