Civil Rights Exam Review 2022

During the Reconstruction period, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified. What did these amendments address?

• Rights for women

• Readmission of states to the Union

• Rights for former slaves

• Presidential impeachment proceedings

What is one example of a way that "separate but equal" as described in the excerpt affected Americans during the first half of the twentieth century?

• Minorities were not allowed to attend schools with whites.

• Poll taxes in federal elections were ruled unconstitutional.

• Affirmative action programs were ruled unconstitutional.

• Minorities were not allowed to join the military.

Which action opposed the civil rights advances that the Reconstruction amendments had promised for African Americans?

• The temperance movement

• The passage of Jim Crow laws

• The passage of antitrust legislation

• The conservation movement

How did the event in this newspaper headline effect the Civil Rights Movement?

• The focus of the movement shifted to helping migrant workers

• The movement lost credibility with the American public.

• The focus of the movement shifted to protesting involvement in the Vietnam war.

• The movement lost an important national leader

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was most associated with what?

• Members armed themselves and were willing to take necessary means to protect their homes and families

• Leaders worked with existing laws to petition the rights of African Americans

• Members worked closely with media companies like NBC and CBS to promote their messages

• Leaders enforced the use of nonviolence among those engaging in sit-ins and other protest activities

The Black Panthers were most associated with what?

• Members armed themselves and were willing to take necessary means to protect their homes and families

• Leaders worked with existing laws to petition the rights of African Americans

• Members worked closely with media companies like NBC and CBS to promote their messages

• Leaders enforced the use of nonviolence among those engaging in sit-ins and other protest activities

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?

• It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites

• It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes

• It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns.

• It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.

In this article, who is being awarded?

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Barack Obama

• Hillary Clinton

• Barbara Jordan

How did the nineteenth Amendment expand the democratic process?

• By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race

• By eliminating the poll tax

• By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender

• By lowering the voting age

What constitutional amendment protects freedom of speech and religion?

• the first amendment

• the fifth amendment

• the eighth amendment

• The sixth amendment