VIP & VIG Quiz- Civil Rights

This bill was the most important civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.  It included prohibiting discrimination in most public accommodations and prohibiting discrimination in employment

• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution
• Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution

He was the hero of Brown v. Board and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court.

• MLK, Jr.
  
• Medgar Evers
•  Stokely Carmichael
• Thurgood Marshall
  

What does SCLC stand for?

• South Colored Lending Committee
• Southern Competing Legacy Conference
• Southern Colored Loan Committee
  
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  

What did Rosa Parks' incident with the law lead to?

• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Riots in the streets
  
• Hernandez vs. Texas
  
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
  
  

How were Malcolm X and the Black Panthers different from MLK and SNCC?

• They advocated for armed self-defense.
  
• They were not religious.
• Malcolm X was not assassinated.
• They were basically the same.

The Voting Rights Act made _______ illegal.

• unfair literacy tests
  
  
• an age limit
  
• poll taxes
  
• housing discrimination

Which Amendment prohibits charging a person a poll tax before they vote?

• Amendment 24
• Amendment 4
• Amendment 10
• Amendment 1

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.

Which event is MLK, Jr. most known for?

• being President during the Civil Rights Movement.
• not giving up his seat to a white man.
• creating Jim Crow laws.
• March on Washington

Which Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Boynton v. Virginia
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Miranda v. Arizona