Question 1

How did Arkansas Governor Faubus's actions in Little Rock provoke a crisis?

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He resisted the Supreme Court's decision to desegregate.

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He criticized Eisenhower for condoning racism.

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He encouraged people to boycott the Montgomery bus system.

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He tried later to alter the Arkansas legal system.

Question 2

The U.S. landing on the moon in 1969 helped...

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demonstrate American technological superiority in the space race.

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encourage confidence in America's ability to solve economic problems.

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prove that NASA could put an astronaut into space flight around Earth.

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prevent the Soviet Union from landing on the moon.

Question 3

How did American space exploration affect Americans' standard of living?

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It increased access to new technologies.

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It replaced the loss of manufacturing jobs.

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It generated funding for social programs.

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It raised the per capita income for women.

Question 4

How did President Kennedy respond to repeated outbreaks of racially motivated violence in the early 1960s?

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He supported military in order to protect minority citizens' civil rights.

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He witheld federal aid as a method to force states to end segregation.

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He withdrew his support for major civil rights legislation

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He proposed equal pay for minorities to reduce racial conflict.

Question 5

How did television shape public opinion in the 1960 presidential debate?

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It allowed the public to evaluate candidates' appearance and demeanor.

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It provided the main public source of information about the candidates.

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It allowed both candidates to target specific groups of voters.

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It forced the candidates to avoid making biased statements.

Question 6

Why did President Kennedy refer to his domestic proposals as the "New Frontier"?

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He wanted to inspire hope and optimism about the tasks that lay ahead.

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He hoped to strengthen the military to guard against domestic threats.

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He wanted to scale back social programs established in previous decades.

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He hoped to continue expanding the nation's borders.

Question 7

President Johnson's Medicaid program is a good example of Great Society legislation because it

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provides basic medical services to the poor.

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does not involve government funding.

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grants free health care to those on social security.

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allows medical services to be provided by the states.

Question 8

Why has Medicare become more expensive in recent years?

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The percent of retirees relative to workers has increased.

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Doctors earn more than they did when Medicare was implemented.

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The implementation of Medicaid has decreased medical costs.

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People retire earlier than they did when Medicare was implemented.

Question 9

How did the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 affect United States demographics?

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The nation's urban populations grew more diverse.

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The nation's ethnic and racial diversity decreased.

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The nation's rural population expanded as the urban population dropped.

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The nation's wealthier classes gained more power.

Question 10

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1957 significant?

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It mandated desegregation of all public schools

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It lessened the Attorney General's influence on Civil rights

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Prohibited states from stopping nonviolent protests

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Forced states to repeal laws that restricted voting rights

Question 11

How did Rosa Park's actions redirect the tactics of the civil rights movement?

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Inspired a mass movement of action for political change.

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It stopped states from stopping nonviolent protests.

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They encouraged violent protests in the South.

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Acts of protests could get the attention of the media.

Question 12

How did Hernandez v. Texas affect Mexican Americans in regard to Civil Rights?

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It meant they could fully participate in the justice system.

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It ended Mexican Americans going to segregated schools.

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It showed Mexican Americans could win a Supreme Court case

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It meant they were no longer excluded from jury duty.

Question 13

How did Thurgood Marshall change the course of American History?

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It showed separate but equal was unconstitutional

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He became a respected Justice on the Supreme Court

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He won a civil rights case against a law school in Texas.

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He headed the NAACP legal team in the 1940's

Question 14

How did the Black Panthers represent a shift in tone and tactics for the Civil Rights movement?

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They represented a radicalization of urban youth/militancy.

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Showed a shift from economic issues to racial  integration.

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They promoted the ideal of racial equality.

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They supported the principle of nonviolent resistance.

Question 15

The civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's led to...

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An increase in African Am. voter participation

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An increase in the number of major political parties.

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a decrease in the number of political protests.

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A decrease in the number of registered minority voters.

Question 16

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was intended to...

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allows minority groups' access to politics

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+ minority groups' representation in all levels of gov't.

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Minorities can't  seeking passage of affirmative action

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+ economic help to states that didn't use literacy tests

Question 17

Why did the Nixon adm. establish affirmative action?

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To promote equal opportunity for blacks and whites

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To ensure the election of blacks to political office

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To establish all black educational institutions

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To force the integration of traditionally segregated areas

Question 18

How did the 24th Amendment affect the voting rights of African Americans?

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States couldn't collect a poll tax that hurt them to voting

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States couldn't hold protests against African Americans

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Couldn't conduct literacy tests to determine who could vote

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States couldn't redraw districts to exclude their vote.

Question 19

Which practice was judged unconstitutional by Brown vs. Board of Ed.?

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creating separate but equal schools

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enforcing de facto segregation

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creating White Citizens Councils

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enforcing the Southern Manifesto

Question 20

Why did Martin Luther King, Jr. advocate the use of nonviolent protests to resist segregation?

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Because protesters should act lovingly toward oppressors

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Using violence would cause African Am. to abandon goals

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Because violence was used unsuccessfully in the past

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African Am. were too few in number to use violence

Question 21

The main focus of Dr. King's speech is...

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ending segregation and racial injustice in America

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convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility

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Getting more money for America's black population

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celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 22

In "I Have a Dream," Dr. Martin Luther King urges his followers to...

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demand equality and justice now

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work toward gradual change

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distrust white people

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use any means necessary

Question 23

The significance of Rosa Parks to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's was that...

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Her refusal sparked the Montgomery bus boycott

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She was the first martyr of the Civil Rights Movement

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She led a movement to end Jim Crow laws in the south

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She popularized Brown vs. Board of Ed.

Question 24

The freedom ride that resulted in the biggest # of people arrested/jailed was what day in 1961?

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May 17th

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April 22nd

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July 8th

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November 1st

Question 25

According to this map, there were no laws specifically addressing segregation in...

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New Hampshire

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Ohio

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Arizona

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Missouri

Question 26

Based on the national election data, it can be inferred that in 1960s...

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Voters weren't attracted by either party

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The republican party became more popular in the south

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Voting Rights Act helped the democrats

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Democrat support waxed and waned..Republican was strong

Question 27

According to the chart, which group did not advocate resistance to advance civil rights.

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The Black Panther Party

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The Congress of Racial Equality

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The Nation of Islam

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The NAACp

Question 28

The Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, AL, became a symbol of...

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the determination of the civil rights movement

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the failure or nonviolent acts

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television's power to influence elections

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the economic focus of the civil rights movement

Question 29

Sweatt v. Painter laid the groundwork for the later efforts of the civil rights movement due to

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the showed that "separate but equal was unconstitutional

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dealt with tactics of nonviolent resistance to segregation

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allowed Thurgood Marshall to argue the case

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strengthened the 14th Amendment

Question 30

The nonviolent protest shown here was one way

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businesses that did not treat customers equally

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Economic disparity based on race

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political representation of minority issues

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poor working conditions for minorities

Question 31

The integration of Central HS in Little Rock, Arkansas, followed which Supreme Court case?

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Brown v. Board of Ed.

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Sweatt v. Painter

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Hernandez v. Texas

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 32

Which U.S. president desegregated the military by executive order?

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Harry Truman

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Lyndon Johnson

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John F. Kennedy

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 33

The violence committed against nonviolent Freedom Riders forced

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The desegregation of interstate transportation

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the desegregation of schools

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Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act

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Laws against workplace discrimination

Question 34

Lester Maddox protested the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by closing down his restaurant to show...

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he refused to acceptintegration

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property rights were less important than civil rights.

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he would not serve communists

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state government should be stronger than federal government

Question 35

The decision in the landmark Supreme Court case Sweatt v. Painter involved segregation in...

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higher education

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the military

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public education

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federal government

Question 36

The Montgomery bus boycott became a model for the civil rights because it showed that...

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protesters were needed in the entire U.S.

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only violent uprisings could get attention of politicians

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the justice system was the best way to challenge segregation

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non violent protest by people could bring about change

Question 37

3/1/64

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It convinced Southern Democrats to end racism in the South.

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It persuaded lawmakers to end segregation in transportation

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These events showed poverty was directly related to racism

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It swung public opinion in favor of civil rights legislation

Question 38

Organizers of the Freedom Summer campaign hoped to achieve...

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the registration of African Americans to vote in Mississippi

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the right to nonviolent protest in Mississippi

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the desegregation of public schools in Arkansas

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the elimination of Jim Crow laws in the South

Question 39

What is de facto segregation?

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segregation by custom or tradition

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segregation intended for the Civil Rights Era

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segregation by the south

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segregation by law

Question 40

Who was Thurgood Marshall?

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an advocate for Civil Rights

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a racist living in the south

Question 41

What was the date for the March on Washington?

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8/28/63

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8/18/53

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7/15/63

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8/8/63

Question 42

The Civil Rights Act of 1964...

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outlawed discrimination in public places

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none of the above

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segregated African Americans in public places

Question 43

Who was the key person in the National of Islam?

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Elijah Muhummad and Malcolm X

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Thurgood Marshall and Malcolm X

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James Lawson and Malcolm X

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X

Question 44

Who was the key leader for the NAACP?

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Thurgood Marshall

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James Farmer

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Malcolm X

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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