Civil Rights

What ended segregration in public places and banned employment discrimination?

• a.  the Voting Rights Act of 1965
• b.  the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• c.  the Fair Housing Act of 1968
• d.  the Jim Crow laws

The text describes a sequence of events related to the passage of the Civil Rights Act.  What happened after the Senate voted 73-27 in favor of the Civil Rights Act?

• a.  Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas
• b.  Southern and border state Democrats staged a 75-day filibuster.
• c.  Johnson signed the act into law on July 2, 1964.
• d.  The House approved the bill with bipartisan support by a vote of 290-130.

Read these sentences from the text:
"Following the Civil War (1861-1865), a trio of constitutional amendments abolished slavery, made the former slaves citizens and gave all men the right to vote regardless of race.  Nonetheless, many states-particularly in the South-used poll taxes, literacy tests and other similar measures to keep their African-American residents essentially disenfranchised.  They also enforced strict segregation though "Jim Crow" laws and condoned violence from white supremacist groups like the ku klux klan."
Based on evidence in the text, why might the Civil Rights Act have been necessary?

• a.  because resistance in many states still prevented African Americans from exercising their rights as citizens
• b.  because poll taxes, literacy test, and other similar measures were not yet standardized
• c.  because women were still being discriminated against with regards to employment
• d.  because individual liberties and states' rights did not yet have power over federal law

How might the Civil Rights Act have empowered African American citizens?

• a.  The Act essentially disenfranchised African Americans, enforced strict segregation through "Jim Crow" laws, and condoned violence from white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
• b. The Act allowed African American citizens to go to public places as they pleased and obtained employment at places in which they might have been previously discriminated against.
• c.  The Act prohibited literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices, which allowed African American citizens to vote and choose who might represent the in office.
• d.  The Act banned discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of property, so African American citizens could obtain the same level of property as other citizens.

What is the main idea of this passage?

• a.  Following the Civil War, a trio of constitutional amendments abolished slavery, made the former slaves citizens, and gave all men the right to vote regardless of race.
• b.  Many states once enforced strict segregation through "JIme Crow" laws and condoned violence from white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
• c.  The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination,  and it is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.
• d.  In 1957, the U.S. Congress established a civil rights section of the Justice Department, along with a commission on Civil Rights to investigate discriminatory conditions.

Read these sentences from the text:  "Additionally, the act forbade the use of federal funds for any discriminatory program, authorized the Office of Education (now the Department of Education) to assist with school desegregation, gave extra clout to the Commission on Civil Rights and prohibited the unequal application of voting requirements.  For famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., it was nothing less than  a 'second emancipation."
Based on this evidence, what is the meaning of the word "authorized" in this excerpt?

• a.  took power away from  
• b.  granted power to
• c.  forced or pressured
• d.  invited or encouraged

Choose the answer that best  completes the sentence.
_______ constitutional amendments gave all men the right to vote regardless of race, many states still use poll taxes, literacy test, and other similar measures to keep their African American citizens essentially disenfranchised.

• a.  Although
• b.  However
• c.  Instead
• d.  Therefore

How did states keep their African American residents disenfranchised following the Civil War?

• a.  Many states used taxes, literacy tests and other measures to keep residents from voting.
• b.  Many states gave out lottery tickets to stop residents from voting.
• c.  Some states based it on religion on who could vote. 
• d.  States base it if residents attended school or not.

List two provisions within the Civil Rights Act.  Support your answer with evidence from the text.

• a.  Ended segregation on the grounds of race, religion, or national origin and it banned discrimination on same said basis. 
• b.  Federal funds were given to the places that kept residents separate by race.
• c.  The Office of Education was given the green light to ask students their religious beliefs.
• d.  Employers could ask for unequal application requirements. 

Chose the best an explanation of how the Civil Rights Act was a "second emancipation." 

• a.  Civil Rights Act helped people.
• b.  After the Civil War, slavery was abolished.  Nonetheless, many states used poll taxes, ect. to keep residents from voting.  The Civil Rights Act was like a "second emancipation" because it ended segregation and banned unfair practices by the states based on nationally and race.
• c.  The Civil Rights Act included the "Jim Crow" law.
• d.  The Civil Rights Act made states treat people equally.