Question 1

Jackie Robinson first rose to national prominence in the late 1940s when he -

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helped bring an end to racial segregation in Major League Baseball

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organized sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters

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participated in the Freedom Rides to desegregate interstate bus terminals

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enrolled in the racially segregated University of Mississippi

Question 2

Which of these contributed to the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment?

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The growing political influence of women

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Veteran soldiers protesting to obtain benefits

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The growing number of workers organizing into labor unions

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Politicians campaigning for education reform

Question 3

Which of the following does this menu best reflect?

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Diverse ethnic contributions to U.S. culture

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Lowered nutritional standards for public schools

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Strict U.S. regulations on food preparation

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Successful agricultural trade agreements with other countries

Question 4

Which sentence best completes this sequence of events?

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Gospel music gains national attention.

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Protest music becomes a popular genre.

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The temperance movement begins.

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Religious schools are granted federal aid.

Question 5

These murals were painted during the 1970s in California. This artistic movement demonstrates the contributions of which culture to U.S. art?

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Hispanic American

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African American

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Irish American

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Chinese American

Question 6

A student could use this excerpt in a paper about the -

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contributions of American Indians to U.S. culture

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movement to reform American Indian schools

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challenges of preserving American Indian traditional clothing

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D pressure on American Indians to assimilate

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