Civil Rights Addressing Civil Wrongs

Which of the options below prevented African Americans from voting in elections?

• residency requirements

• dates for voting

• poll taxes

• Legislation (Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act)

• 18th and 21st amendment

What were Jim Crow laws?

• legally segregated whites from whites in the southern regions of the United States

• legally segregated whites from blacks in the southern regions of the United States

• legally segregated blacks from whites in the southern regions of the United States

• legally segregated blacks from blacks in the southern regions of the United States

When and how were Jim Crow laws repealed?

• repealed in the late 1940’s through the passage of anti-Nazi legislation

• repealed in the late 1960’s through the passage of Civil Rights legislation as well as through Supreme Court rulings

• repealed in the late 1950’s through the passage of communist laws through Supreme Court rulings

• repealed in the late 1900’s through the passage of immigration laws during the Turn of the Century

• repealed in the late 1920’s through the passage of laws during the Great Depression

What were the effects of Jim Crow laws and practices?

• separated whites and blacks in areas: transportation, schools, restaurants, hotels, drinking fountains, restrooms and other public facilities.

• prevent blacks from watching television in public restaurants, especially during Olympics and the World Cup.

• separated whites and blacks in areas such as different rooms in a house and different seats in a car

• prevented blacks from voting through the passage of poll taxes, residency requirements, and literacy tests.

What was the 13th amendment?

• Citizens in the U.S could not be denied the right to vote

• banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States

• Anyone born in the United State is a citizen and has the rights of a citizen.

• Slavery is abolished (right after the Civil War in 1865)

• allowed the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States

What was the 14th amendment?

• allowed the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States

• Anyone born in the United State is a citizen and has the rights of a citizen.

• Citizens in the U.S could not be denied the right to vote

• Slavery is abolished (right after the Civil War in 1865)

• banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States

What was the 15th amendment?

• banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States

• Slavery is abolished (right after the Civil War in 1865)

• Citizens in the U.S could not be denied the right to vote

• Anyone born in the United State is a citizen and has the rights of a citizen.

• allowing the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States

What was the Brown v. Board of Education case about?

• Supreme court case declaring 5th graders should not have school on Fridays

• Supreme Court case declaring racial segregation laws for public facilities

• Supreme Court case declaring separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional

• Supreme Court case declaring schools should watch the launching of NASA rockets into space

Who was Thurgood Marshall?

• First man in space

• First man on the moon

• Lawyer during Brown v. BOE case

• Framer of the constitution

• John F. Kennedy's best friend

What did the Brown v. BOE court case accomplish?

• The beginning of school desegregation

• The beginning of public facilities desegregation

• The beginning of selling alcohol again

• The beginning of a new voting system