Chapter 5 Civil Rights Test

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to

• support the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• restrict the voting rights of African Americans
• undermine the “separate but equal” ruling of the Supreme Court
• enforce the amendments enacted during the Civil War and Reconstruction 

 After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the

• decline of the Ku Klux Klan
• activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• passage of Jim Crow laws
• stationing of federal troops in the South

After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to

• grant civil and political rights to Native American Indians
• allow women to become full citizens
•  guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law
• extend constitutional rights to new territories

Which Supreme Court case reversed the "separate but equal" ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Dred Scott v. Sanford
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
• Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
• Tinker v. Des Moines School District

What type of action did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocate when faced with unjust laws?

• militant resistance
• civil disobedience
• judicial activism
• affirmative action

The United States Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953–1969) made several landmark decisions that

• increased the rights of individuals, particularly minorities
• weakened the power of the federal government
• strengthened the authority of the police
• drew criticism for supporting States rights

During the 1950s, the main goal of the civil rights movement was to

•  create separate African American economic and social institutions
• eliminate legal segregation from American life
•  establish affirmative action programs to compensate for past wrongs
• form a new nation for African Americans

What eventually was passed as a result of the Freedom Rides, March to Washington and Lunch counter sit-ins?

• Civil Rights Act 1964
• Plessy v. Ferguson decision
• 26th Amendment
• Resignation of President Nixon

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?

• Public accomodations
• housing
• churches
• Private universities

Which method of influencing political decision making led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• The ballot, as African Americans voted politicians who opposed integration out of office and supported politicians who favored integration.

• Interest groups that organized and lobbied politicians to change the laws.

• The power of public opinion, as millions watched televised news reports of police controlling civil rights demonstrators with attack dogs and fire hoses even after the bombing of a church.

• Freedom fighters who organized squads of violent protesters to challenge laws promoting segregation.