Early legal blows were struck against Jim Crow in cases involving Donald Gaines Murray, Ada Sipuel, and George W. McLaurin, all of whom successfully demanded
a. that their children be allowed to enroll in nearby white-only schools.
b. that they be allowed to sit on buses and trains travelling across state lines without restriction.
c. that they be employed by corporations which had hired less qualified white candidates over them solely because of their race.
d. that they be allowed greater and more equal access to graduate schooling.
d. that they be allowed greater and more equal access to graduate schooling.
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The most influential black abolitionist was
A) Theodore Dwight Weld. B) Elijah Lovejoy. C) Sojourner Truth. D) Frederick Douglass.
Charles V divided his empire between
A) Philip II and Ferdinand II. B) Philip II and Ferdinand I. C) Henry II and Ferdinand I. D) Philip II and Mary Tudor. E) none of the above.
President Abraham Lincoln's "10 percent" plan for the South referred to the
A. number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state government. B. ratio of federal to state money to be spent in rebuilding the Southern economy. C. percentage of freed slaves who must be given the vote before setting up a state government. D. area of land in each state that should be reserved for former slaves. E. ratio of federal troops to freed slaves in each Southern state.
Lyndon Johnson's reform program was called the __________
A) Fair Deal B) New Frontier C) Great Society D) Great Future E) Morning in America