1960s Test Review

The Supreme Court recognized as a Constitutional

right in its 1966 decision that requires suspects be informed of their Fifth & Sixth Amendment rights "prior to interrogation" if their statements are to be used against

them in court.

• Roe Decision

• Wade's Rule

• Miranda Rule­

• Equal Rights

Brown V. Board of Education

• Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional

• Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.

• All state laws prohibiting abortions were made unconstitutional based on a woman's right to privacy

• Ruled that a defendant in a felony trial must be provided a lawyer free of charge if the defendant cannot afford one.

What president assured the nation that "we shall overcome" when he signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He also took steps to end discrimination earlier when he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry Truman

This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Law 1975

• Civil Rights Law of 1988

• Civil Service Act of 1960

The 24th Amendment prohibits Congress and States from...?

• Allowing citizens to license, produce, supply, or possess substances which are recognized as mind altering.

• Verifying the owner's right to their own creative work.

• Using any method to keep someone from voting based on ethnicity.

• ­Abolishing an earlier quota system based on national origin and

  established a new immigration policy.

When and where was JFK assassinated?

• September 11th, 1963 in Montgomery, Alabama
• April 15,1945 in New Orleans, Louisiana
• November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas
• September 7, 1945 in Houston, Texas

Who took over the presidency after JFK was assassinated?

• Lyndon B Johnson
• Leonard Neemoy
• Abraham Lincoln
• John F Kennedy

What did the Rosa Parks incident lead to?

• More registered voters in the south

• Bus Boycott

• Imprisonment of all civil rights activists

• Banishment from the NAACP

This Great Society program provided health insurance for senior citizens

• Medicare

• HUD

• Head Start

• Job Corps

What does segregation mean?

• All members of Congress can vote.
• People of different races have to be kept apart.
• All men were created equal.
• There is a lack of money in the world.