2022-2023 U.S. History Civil Rights Review

How did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech impact the civil rights movement?

• It called for violent resistance, resulting in riots across the country.

• It inspired many people, giving strength and momentum to the movement.

• It was largely ignored by the movement, though regarded as a superbly written speech.

• It was considered controversial and fragmented the movement into small groups.

Which civil rights leader spoke at the 1963 March on Washington and won the Nobel Prize for Peace?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm X

• Stokely Carmichael

Which government action is best known for the impact it had on women’s participation in organized sports at the high school and collegiate levels?

• Equal Pay Act of 1963

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• National Defense Education Act (1958)

• Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act (1972)

Dolores Huerta’s contributions to America society include —

• creating a magazine that promoted women’s rights

• advocating for the rights of American farm workers

• lobbying the California legislature for a shorter workday

• serving as a United Nations Commission on Human Rights representative

Political leaders such as George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox were committed to the idea of —

• women’s rights

• racial segregation

• school integration

• rights for farm workers

César Chávez championed the economic rights of which group?

• Miners

• Migrant workers

• Farmers

• Ranchers

Which amendment extended the right to vote to women?

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Sixteenth Amendment

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

Which action was taken by the United Farm Workers in an effort to expand economic opportunities for their members?

• Organizing boycotts

• Leading violent protests

• Seizing land from farmers

• Training political candidates

Which amendment eliminated poll taxes on voters in the United States?

• Twenty-second Amendment

• Twenty-third Amendment

• Twenty-fourth Amendment

• Twenty-fifth Amendment

As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, state governments were allowed to —

• pass Jim Crow laws

• secede from the union

• segregate racial groups

• enslave African Americans