Civil Rights and Voting Rights (USHB)

The ______ Amendment outlawed poll taxes.

• 23rd

• 24th

• 25th

• 26th

By 1963, public school segregation was outlawed.

• true

• false

The tactic of delaying or preventing a vote on a bill through a refusal to end debate.

• segregation

• veto

• filibuster

• campaign

Civil rights leaders planned a march on ________ for jobs and freedom on August 28, 1963.

• Washington

• California

• St. Louis

• Selma

The March on Washington was a peaceful political demonstration with about 200,000 attendees.

• true

• false

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their __________. I have a dream today."

—Martin Luther King, Jr

• promises

• actions

• dreams

• character

The March on Washington...

• was watched by millions of Americans on television

• increased public awareness of civil rights issues

• helped ensure the passage of the Civil Rights Act

• all answer choices are correct

Only federal law could overcome and remove Jim Crow laws.

• true

• false

John F. Kennedy proposed the first draft of the Civil Rights Act.

• true

• false

Who became president after Kennedy was assassinated?

• Richard Nixon

• Jimmy Carter

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Herbert Hoover