Citizenship and Civil Rights

Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.

• Brown vs. the Board of Education

• 13th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Jim Crow Laws

Prohibits racial discrimination in voting (voting people, voting)

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Separation of two or more races based on skin color

• segregation

• racism

• oppression

• facism

Gave all citizens born in the United States citizenship (rights of citizens)

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Gave all male United States citizens over the age of 21 the right to vote

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Which term is the best meaning of "suffrage"?

• the right for women to protest
• the right to vote in elections
• citizenship
• freedom

How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?

• It made slavery illegal
• Women could now vote in all elections
• It made poll taxes illegal
• It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights

Which of the following responses best supports the 15th Amendment of the Constitution?

• A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on gender.
• A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on race.
• A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on age.
• No one can be denied the right to vote. 

The 19th Amendment expanded voting rights to which group of people?

• Women
• 18 year olds
• All freed slaves
• All Americans

After the slaves were freed, the question came up of how to handle their future in the United States. The 14th Amendment helped do so by: 

• Granting jobs to the newly freedmen. 
• Granting former slaves the right to vote. 
• Paying the former slaves money for their troubles. 
• Defining and protecting their citizenship in the United States