Civil Rights

Civil Rights

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Civil Rights

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What do you remember about brown vs board of education

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Open Ended

Does treating people equal mean treating people the same? Explain.

Multiple Choice

The 14th Amendment made African Americans...

• free slaves

• citizens of the U.S.

• the right to vote

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a clause found in the 14th amendment?

• Equal Protection Clause
• Due Process Clause
• Supremacy Clause
• Citizenship Clause

Multiple Choice

The 14th amendment was ratified during Reconstruction to correct which of the following?

• African-Americans not being able to vote in the South
• African-Americans being denied their rights as American citizens in some states
• Some Southern states wanted to re-establish slavery
• African-American men had been permanently denied rights under the Constitution

Open Ended

summarize the video about Plessy V. Ferguson

Open Ended

What did they mean by separate but equal?

Poll

Do you think separate but equal was good for society.

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Homer Plessy and the other people from his organization wanted to try to get the courts to say that Jim Crow laws were _____________________________.

• separate but equal

• legal

• constitutional (in accordance with the 14th Amendment)

• unconstitutional (a violation of the 14th Amendment)

Multiple Choice

Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge

• the Brown v. Board of Education case

• Segregation and the Jim Crow laws

• Reconstruction

• equal pay for equal work

Multiple Choice

The basis of the 14th amendment was to give all U.S. citizens what?

• equal protection under the law

• due process (the right to have the gov't the respect all your rights)

• citizenship by birth on U.S. land

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?

• Sat in the white only part of the bus.
• Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
• Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
• All of the above

Open Ended

Summarize the Brown v Board of Education case in your own words.

Multiple Choice

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the section "Brown v. Board Of Education"? 

• (A) The case meant the end of separating students by race in public schools. 
• (B) The case required all children in the United States to attend public schools. 
• (C) The case required Kansas to give black schools the same amount of money as white schools.
• (D) The case meant that separate schools could offer equal education. 

Multiple Choice

Marshall took the case "Brown vs. the Board of Education" to the Supreme Court and won. What were the results of this success?

• It gave Linda Brown the freedom to attend the school close to her home.
• It showed that "separate but equal" was not truly equal.
• It ended all segregation in public schools.
• All answers are correct.

Multiple Choice

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Multiple Choice

In what year did Brown v. Board of Education Topeka order the desegregation of public schools?

• 1945

• 1950

• 1968

• 1954

Open Ended

According to the previos graph, how has segregation changed since Brown vs Board of education?

Multiple Choice

What does MLK think about white moderates?

• He thinks they are the most important players in the success of the civil rights movement.

• He thinks their religion is the best religion that everyone should follow.

• He thinks they try even harder than the black community in the civil rights movement.

• He thinks they end up doing more harm than good.

Multiple Choice

What is the argument in this letter?

• He was defending the laws already in place.
• He was fighting for woman's rights.
• Defending both his right and his moral grounds for organizing nonviolent protest activities in support of the civil rights of African Americans.
• He defends that view of breaking laws when those laws are unjust.

Multiple Choice

What does King mean in lines 37–38 when he says, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”?

• All citizens are equally threatened by justice.
• Discrimination does not exist in rural areas.
• All laws are unfair and should be ignored.
• Everyone is affected when one person is hurt.

Multiple Choice

To whom is the Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed?

• ministers who criticized King's efforts
• whites who arrested King for no reason
• his coworkers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• his wife and his lawyer

Multiple Choice

What counterargument does Dr. King present to the advice to wait?

• Democratically elected officials would not require African Americans to wait.

• Socrates would not have waited under the same circumstances.

• African Americans already have waited for more than 340 years.

• The 1954 Supreme Court decision has made it impossible to wait.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of de jure (legal segregation)?

• White Flight
• Jim Crow Laws

Multiple Choice

This type of segregation occurs without any laws forcing it

• de jure
• de facto

Multiple Choice

This type of segregation is created and maintained by laws.

• de facto
• de jure

Multiple Choice

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• let African Americans ride the bus.
• deny someone of a job because of their race.
• fire someone for not doing their job.
• kick someone out of the military.

Multiple Choice

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Multiple Choice

The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Multiple Choice

Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?

• The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote
• The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech
• The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal
• The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws

Multiple Choice

A landmark case in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision that redistricting based on race must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny under the equal protection clause. On the other hand, bodies doing redistricting must be conscious of race to the extent that they must ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

• Baker v Carr

• McCulloch v Maryland

• Roe v Wade

• Shaw v Reno

Multiple Choice

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Multiple Choice

Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony?

• They owned a business which published books about the women's right to vote.

• They started National American Woman Suffrage Association

• They were contributed greatly to repealing (getting rid of) the 18th amendment.

• They started the Women's Christian Temperance Movement

Multiple Choice

Which Amendment gave all women the right to vote?

• 15th

• 19th

• 17th

• 16th

Multiple Choice

What does title IX state?

• Women should be payed unequally

• No discrimination against women in sports

• Men should not be payed as much

• Women shouldn't be able to play with men

Multiple Choice

Which case legalized access to birth control for married couples?

• Roe v. Wade

• Griswold v. Connecticut

• Lawrence v. Texas

• Grutter v. Bollinger

Multiple Choice

Held that abortion rights fell into the "zone of privacy" implied in the bill of rights

• Casey v. Planned Parenthood

• Roe v. Wade

• Lawrence v. Texas

• Grutter v. Bollinger

Multiple Choice

Affirmative Action refers to positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

According to sociologists, Affirmative Action

• is a bad policy choice

• can help to reduce inequality

• should only be used in the educational system, not the workplace

• programs need not target women

Multiple Choice

One long-term implication of Affirmative Action is that

• White males will be left out of a lot of work and educational opportunities

• it will divide the nation

• more and more people will be working with a diverse group of people

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Affirmative Action was initiated during the administration of which President?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

Multiple Select

What items are found in the Americans with Disabilities Act?

• All of the programs, services, and activities that are run by state and local governments must be accessible to people with disabilities. This includes courts, schools, parks and recreational areas, and transportation.

• Makes sure we are not discriminated against when we are working or applying for a job. It does not guarantee that we will get the job, but makes sure we have a fair chance. If we are qualified for the job, we have the right to be interviewed. If we are hired, we have the right to be paid the same salary as everyone else. Employers must also make some accommodations, or changes to the job that will help us be successful.

• People with disabilities must be able to communicate. For example, people with hearing impairments or those who are deaf may not be able to use the regular phone lines. Communication devices that allow people to type in their words instead of listening or speaking must be available. Sign language interpreters should be provided when needed.

• Public places must be accessible if they were built or renovated after the ADA was passed in 1990. This includes any place members of the general public go, such as restaurants, movie theaters, malls, and grocery stores.

Multiple Select

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it against the law to discriminate against people because of their:

• Race

• Gender

• Religion

• Disabilities

Multiple Choice

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

• prohibited literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
• prohibited racial discrimination in employment and public accommodations
• attempted to prevent racial gerrymandering
• ended an FBI program (COINTELPRO) used to spy on and break up citizen organizations

Multiple Choice

What did the Nineteenth Amendment do?

• extended citizenship to all people born in the United States
• granted all men the right to vote
• started the Prohibition
• granted women the right to vote

Match

Match the following amendments with their correct descriptions.

• Freedom of Speech

• The Right to Bear Arms

• Freedom Against Quartering Soldiers

• Freedom Against Search and Seizure

• The Right to Due Process

First Amendment

Second Amendment

Third Amendment

Fourth Amendment

Fifth Amendment

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

Match

Match the following amendments with their correct descriptions.

• The Right to a Speedy Trial

• The Right to a Jury Trial in Civil Suits

• Freedom Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment

• The Enumeration of Certain Rights Shall not be Used Against Others

• Rights Reserved by States or People

Sixth Amendment

Seventh Amendment

Eighth Amendment

Ninth Amendment

Tenth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Seventh Amendment

• Eighth Amendment

• Ninth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment