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CL Module 8 Review
Question | Answer |
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Which activist group supported social and economic programs, like Free and Reduced Lunch, but also believed in more violent Civil Rights strategies? | Black Panthers |
What Civil Rights event led to integration on city buses? | The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Freedom Rides |
Which group also used the sit-ins as a form of protest to ensure that restaurants served all people? | Gay and Lesbian Movement |
Who initially spoke in favor of racial segregation? | Malcolm X |
Who was the leader of non-violent protest during the Civil Rights Movement? | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Who encouraged students to found their own Civil Rights organization? | Ella Baker |
A black female is denied a job as an insurance agent because of the color of her skin. She sues the employer on grounds of discrimination and wins the case. Which Act made this possible? | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
Which court case upheld the Equal Pay Act to make the practice of paying women and men different salaries illegal? | Corning Glass Works v Brennan |
Which court case upholds Frank's right to create a religious club at school? | Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v Mergens |
What was the main purpose of the The Voting Rights Act of 1965? | "Outlawed any discriminatory voting practices. " |
Which court case states that marriage is an individual right not tied to gender and therefore legalized same-sex marriages? | Obergefell v Hodges |
Why is Plessy v. Ferguson seen as a Landmark Supreme Court Case? | It upheld the "Separate but Equal" doctrine |
What is the purpose of the Major Crimes Act? | Allows the Federal Government to step in if a major crime is committed on a reservation. |
n what war did the US government loosen their control over media access? | Vietnam War |
In regards to George Floyd being taken into police custody, who pointed out that the police report differed from a video taken by a witness? | media |
What was proven by the release of the Pentagon Papers? | The fact that the US government had not been honest with the American people about US involvement in the Vietnam War. |
Due to the increase of protests and deaths of American soldiers during the Vietnam War, what did President Nixon decide? | To pull US forces out of Vietnam. |
Since the protests following the death of George Floyd, at what level of government have efforts to reform police occurred? | Efforts to reform police have taken place at all levels of government- local, state, and national. |
Which war was hugely unpopular with the American public, and as a result, anti-war protests contributed to the government's decision to get out of the war? | Vietnam War |