Civil Rights

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.

• to pay black people less than white people.

• to return a slave.

• to segregate schools.

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.

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

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What are Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
• Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal

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Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy

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The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which amendment that gave women the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Which amendment gave African-American males the right to vote?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment