Civil Rights Legislation

Which Supreme Court decision stated that segregation was legal as long as separate but equal facilities were available for all?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• 13th Amendment

• Boynton v. Virginia

• Plessy v. Ferguson

In which Supreme Court case did the appointment of Earl Warren make a difference?

• Brown II

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Boynton v. Virginia

Which Supreme Court decision ruled that schools must be desegregated "with all deliberate speed"?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown II

• Abington School District v. Schempp

Which amendment rules that citizens are not to be denied the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness without due process?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Which amendment abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

True or false: The 15th amendment extends voting rights to all people who were formerly enslaved.

• True

• False

Which amendment extends voting rights to men who were formerly enslaved?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

True or False: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate based on race or gender, and legally ended segregation.

• True

• False

Which act was signed into law to make it illegal to discriminate against voters based upon race?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• 19th Amendment

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon