Civil Rights & Voting Rights

A goal of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was to

• demand that President Kennedy leave office.

• celebrate the passage of important civil rights legislation.

• celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

• demand legal equality for African Americans.

Who gave an historically important speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• George Wallace

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

An important effect of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was that

• it raised awareness of civil rights through TV coverage.

• it negatively affected national opinion about civil rights.

• there was no effect

• Slavery ended

During the 1960s, a federal civil rights act became necessary because

• Southern states had ended discrimination.

• Northern states had passed different civil rights laws.

• it was the only way to end Jim Crow laws.

• the president did not support civil rights.

The Civil Rights Act was proposed by

• George Wallace.

• John F. Kennedy.

• Lyndon B. Johnson.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Which provisions did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 include?

• new enforcement tools for federal laws

• age discrimination in the workplace

• segregation in some places

• a change in the voting age

During the first Selma voting rights march on March 7, 1965,

• marchers received the voting rights they sought.

• about 25,000 marchers were arrested.

• marchers were attacked by police as they crossed a bridge.

• protesters attacked onlookers with tear gas and hoses.

Literacy tests were banned by

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• the Twenty-fourth Amendment.

• the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

• the Fifteenth Amendment.