Author Question: The Voting Rights Act provided for: A) federal supervision of registration in certain southern ... (Read 36 times)

cherise1989 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

House Resolution 108, the Indian termination policy, was intended to:

A) return to a policy of assimilation.
B) guarantee long-term government support for individual Indians.
C) protect tribes from government exploitation.
D) end all federal government involvement in the Indian problem.

Question 2

Mississippi Freedom Summer was successful in:

A) registering black voters with minimal violence.
B) showing that blacks needed no white support to advance their cause.
C) focusing national attention on racism.
D) ending voting abuses in Mississippi.

Question 3

Puerto Ricans faced discrimination because, in addition to the usual resistance to migrants:

A) many of them were black.
B) they entered the U.S. illegally.
C) they spoke only Spanish.
D) they failed to form distinct communities.

Question 4

The Operation Wetback program was launched by:

A) Kennedy.
B) Johnson.
C) Eisenhower.
D) Nixon.

Question 5

The idea of organizing a March on Washington in 1963 was suggested by:

A) James Meredith.
B) Medgar Evers.
C) Martin Luther King, Jr.
D) A. Philip Randolph.

Question 6

The Voting Rights Act provided for:

A) federal supervision of registration in certain southern states and counties.
B) a poll tax to pay for civil rights education.
C) the registration of all white southern voters.
D) party affiliation registration.