The Civil Rights Movement

In the Supreme Court case Powell v. Alabama (1932), the majority decision declared that the Fourteenth Amendment protects the right of the accused to access a lawyer regardless of the ability to afford one. The text of the Fourtheenth Amendment, however, does not specifically provide for the right to a lawyer.

Like in the described case how does the Supreme Court expand legal protections of additional rights not listed specifically in the Consitution?

• By interpreting the text of the Constitution strictly

• By providing a new interpretation of the Constitution

• By consulting Congressional members writing legislation

• By determining the orignianl intent of Constitutional authors

In what way did the reported event most directly impact the civil rights movement during the 1950s?

• Malcolm X used the incident to recruit African Americans to lead sit-ins at restaurants.

• Martin Luther King's response to the incident elevated him to spokesman for the movement.

• Thurgood Marshall's work on the case resulted in the Brown V. Board of Education court case.

• Caesar Chavez was so inspired by the event that he began to organize a nationwide bus boycott.

Which civil rights leader spoke at the 1963 March on Washington and won the Nobel Prize for Peace?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm X

• Stokely Carmichael

Which event best completes the timeline?

• Non-violent Freedom Riders attacked

• Plessy v. Ferguson separate but equal doctrine established

• First U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor appointed

• President Truman ordered the desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces

Political leaders such as George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox were committed to the idea of ~

• women's rights

• racial segregation

• school integration

• rights for farm workers

The Congressional group of sentors that attempted to block civil rights reforms in the 1950s and early 19603 were primarily

• southern Democrats

• western Progressives

• southern Republicans

• northern Democrats

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 differed from earlier attempts to address minority rights by focusing on ~

• desegregating the schools

• reforming immigration policies

• ending discriminationin in the workplace

• protecting the voting rights of minorties

The Great Society programs, affirmative action, and Title IX legislation were intended to ~

• increase the number of jobs available to veterans

• expand economic opportunities for woman and minorities

• end discrimination towards women and minorities in college athletics

• eliminated barriers put in place to stop women and minorities from voting

Landmark case in Texas education redistributed property taxes to poorer districts Led to "Robin Hood" legislation

Which case decided by the Texas Supreme Court is described by the information above?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

• Sweatt v. Painter

As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, state governments were allowed to ~

• pass Jim Crow laws

• seceded from the union

• segregate racial groups

• enslave African Americans