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During Eisenhower's administration, Earl Warren was a. a leading supporter of Joe McCarthy b. named chief justice of the Supreme Court c. elected governor of California d. opposed to intergration |
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The Supreme Court decision in thr Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas dealt with a. federal aid to public education b. busing to public schools c. segregation in public schools d. scholarships to state universities |
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The first African-American to sit on the US Supreme Court was a. Thurgood Marshall b. Booker Washington c. Clarence Thomas d. Marcus Garvey |
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The Civil Rights Act of 1957 a. was created by the Supreme Court b. established a Civil Rights Commission c. banned segregation d. ended the separate but equal clause |
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The prototype of the planned tract community in 1947 was a. Levittown b. Los Angles c. Orion d. Miami |
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The first president since the Reconstruction era to send US troops to the South to protect the civil rights of African-Americans was the Republican a. John Kennedy b. Lyndon Johnson c. Dwight Eisenhower d. Harry Truman |
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The liberal and activist chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1953-1969 a. Warren Burger b. Earl Warren c. Adlai Stevenson d. Richard Rehnquist |
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The government act that greatly increased the housing boom in the 1950's was the a. G.I. Bill b. Federal Housing Act c. Civil Rights Act of 1957 d. Homestead Act |
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In 1984, the first African-American to make a serious bid for the presidency was a. Thurgood Marshall b. Stokley Carmichael c. Martin Luther King d. Jesse Jackson |
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The person who refused to give up her seat on the bus in 1955 and who helped Dr. King become the leader of the civil rights movement was a. Rosa Parks b. Linda Brown c. Debbie Reynolds d. Harriet Tubman |
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Who among the following influenced Dr. Martin Luther King the most? a. Marcus Garvey b. Henry David Thoreau c. Thurgood Marshall d. Stokley Carmichael |
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The first African-American to play major league baseball in 1947 was a. Jackie Robinson b. James Baldwin c. Marcus Garvey d. Steve Garvey |
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John Galbraith argued in his book The Affluent Society that a. laissez-faire economics would solve all economics problems b. socialism was the only answer to America's economic problems c. free trade enterprise had not worked efectively to solve economic problems d. communism would solve America's economic problems |
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