Civil Rights

What period after the Civil War reunified the nation and incorporated newly freed slaves into American society?

• Era of Good Feelings

• The Gilded Age

• Reconstruction

• The Roaring 20s

What laws passed in 1865 and 1866 limiting the freedom and rights of African Americans?

• Black Codes

• Blue Laws

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

Which amendment outlawed slavery?

• 1st

• 10th

• 13th

• 26th

What term refers to the legal protections granted to all Americans to ensure equality?

• suffrage

• civil rights

• public accommodation

• integration

The ____________ laws separated Black and White Americans.

Which term means to separate people by race?

• assimilation

• diversification

• mobilization

• segregation

Which amendment granted equal citizenship rights to African Americans (and all people born in the U.S.)?

• 13th

• 14th

• 17th

• 21st

What organization was founded in 1919 by W.E.B. DuBois and Ida Wells and works to protect the civil rights of African Americans?

• CORE

• SCLC

• SNCC

• NAACP

What Supreme Court decision said that segregation laws were constitutional?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dobbs v. Jackson

• Miranda v. Arizona

The __________ decision of the Supreme Court said that separate schools for Black and White students are unconstitutional.