CIVIL RIGHTS

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution expanded civil rights by guaranteeing all citizens equal --

• F. access to public education

• G. pay for both genders

• H. treatment by their peers

• J. protection under the law

Which of the following groups was MOST resistant to President Harry Truman's efforts to achieve greater racial equality in the United States?

• A. cabinet members

• B. the Senate

• C. local governments

• D. the courts

Group that began in Tenessee, who represent white supremacy and enforced Jim Crow laws -

• KKK

• Ku Klux Klan

• the Klan

The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality -

• Brown Berets

• Black Panthers

• Party founded by Heuy P Newton

• CORE

What political party was responsible for the Reconstruction Act?

• Democrat

• Republican

• Federalist

• Democratic-Republican

Which of the following conclusions is accurate about the United States during the 1960s?

• A. Citizens were concerned with the environmental problems of the Dust Bow.

• B. Ethnic and race relations were important issues.

• C. Presidents were preoccupied with the impact of McCarthyism.

• D. Tariffs and free trade issues were dominating the news.

Which of the following was a direct result of the Civil Rights movement?

• An increase in respect for suburban housewives

• Increased political participation by minority groups

• The revitalization of inner cities

• Increased migration to rural areas

Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

• Sweatt V. Painter

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Plessy V. Ferguson

• Hernandez V. Texas

Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?

• F. The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter

• G. The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army

• H. The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• J. The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

Helped establish the precedent that "seperate but equal" education and other services was not equal at all -

• Plessy V. Ferguson

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Sweatt V. Painter

• Hernandez V. Texas