SAT II US History : Summary of U.S. Social History from 1899 to the Present
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Example Question #11 : Summary Of U.S. Social History From 1899 To The Present
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was characterized by all but which of the following features?
Legal battles
Nonviolence
Participation of religious organizations
An appeal to the traditions of Southern culture
Mass protests and marches
An appeal to the traditions of Southern culture
The Civil Rights Movement, led most notably by Martin Luther King, Jr., was a nonviolent movement that sought to end the Jim Crow style discrimination against African Americans throughout the country, mostly in the South. The movement was largely organized by ministers and found much support from the organization of black churches. Additionally, leaders encouraged civil rights lawyers, like Thurgood Marshall, to advance court cases that would end discriminatory laws and practices, such as segregation in schools, public transportation, and housing. Mass demonstrations, such as the March on Washington in 1963 and the Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama, brought widespread attention to the cause.
Example Question #12 : Summary Of U.S. Social History From 1899 To The Present
The Keating-Owen Act .
imposed a strict tariff on European goods
was enacted by Congress to address the issue of child labor
gave greater freedom to the hiring practices of industrialists
was supported by Supreme Court decisions
imposed a series of immigration restrictions on individuals arriving from Eastern Europe
was enacted by Congress to address the issue of child labor
The Keating-Owen Act was a series of reforms aimed at ending the use and abuse of child labor in American industrial practices. The act was passed by Congress in 1916 but rendered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court only two years later. The specific nature of the bill stated that goods produced in a factory or mine worked by children under fourteen years of age could not be sold in interstate trade. The Supreme Court overturned it on the grounds that it exceeded the federal government’s power to regulate interstate commerce; however, it represented an important beginning to the end of child labor abuses in America.
Example Question #13 : Summary Of U.S. Social History From 1899 To The Present
The Red Scare of 1919 and the Age of McCarthyism in the 1950s were similar because _____________.
There was extreme economic growth during both of these time periods
Rights of individuals suspected of anti-American or pro-Communist activity or views were threatened
None of these
There was severe economic depression during both of these time periods
They both led to imprisonment of people who were racial minorities
Rights of individuals suspected of anti-American or pro-Communist activity or views were threatened
The Red Scare and the age of McCarthyism were both time periods during the United States in which American sentiment was extremely strong and powerful, and those who expressed anti-American views, or pro-Communism views, were chastised and criticized for being unpatriotic.
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