MILESTONE 3
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23 questions were answered correctly.
8 questions were answered incorrectly.
1
Choose the true statement about the relationship between private
business and the federal government during World War II.
"Corporations were allowed to ignore federal regulations to protect us
workers in the interest of wartime production."
"Prices for the consumer goods we produced spiked during the war in the
absence of government regulation."
"Wartime mobilization was so important that the government eased
antitrust regulations while we were in production."
"Wartime production was mostly done by government-owned factories
rather than private companies like mine."
CONCEPT
Arsenal of Democracy
2
Name the group that formed in 1960 to organize protests such as sit-ins on
behalf of the civil rights movement.
The Citizens' Council
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
CONCEPT
The Early 1960s
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"In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to
succeed in
life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity,
where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made
available to all on equal terms."
According to this excerpt from the Supreme Court's decision in Brown
v. Board of Education, why was public school segregation
unconstitutional?
The segregation of public schools is in violation of the "equal protection" clause of th
Public school segregation violates the Supreme Court decision handed down in Pless
Segregation in schools creates feelings of inferiority among black children, which ha
The segregation of public schools has led to underfunded schools for black children
CONCEPT
The Consequences of Brown V Board
4
Read the excerpt from a presidential committee report published in 1947:
"It is impossible to decide who suffers the greatest moral damage from our
civil rights transgressions, because all of us are hurt. That is certainly true of
those who are victimized. Their belief in the basic truth of the American
promise is undermined . . . The damage to those who are responsible for
these violations of our moral standards may
well be greater . . . All of us must endure the cynicism about democratic
values which our failures breed."
How does this excerpt demonstrate that the Cold War affected the civil rights
movement in the United States?