CS #27 Civil Rights Review

Following World War II, the United States experienced a struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil rights.

• True
• False

organization founded in 1909 to promote civil rights for African Americans

• National Assocaion for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Organization for Women
• American Indian Movement
• United Farm Workers

labor organization formed in 1962 by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to improve the conditions of migrant workers

• National Assocaion for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Organization for Women
• American Indian Movement
• United Farm Workers

organization founded in 1968 to improve conditions on reservations, protect land rights and improve opportunities in education and employment for Native Americans

• National Assocaion for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Organization for Women
• American Indian Movement
• United Farm Workers

women's rights organization founded in 1966 to bring women into full participation and equality in American society

• National Assocaion for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Organization for Women
• American Indian Movement
• United Farm Workers

“There are just laws and there are unjust laws. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws." Based on this statement by Martin Luther King, Jr, which of the following would think most Americans would be justified in disobeying?

• the Fourteenth Amendment
• the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
• Civil Rights Act of 1965
• Affirmative Action programs

Which Supreme Court case overturned the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson that "separate but equal" facilities were Constitutional.

• Marbury v. Madison
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Roe v. Wade

During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, activities of the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Urban League, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) illustrated that

• all civil rights groups use the same tactics
• organizational differences usually lead to failure
• violence is the best tool to achieve social change
• different paths can be used to achieve a common goal

Answer explanation

different paths can be used to achieve a common goal

The affirmative action programs passed in the 1960s were designed to

• return control of voting regulations to the states
• remove racial barriers in education and employment
• prevent women from achieving the right to vote
• give African Americans the right to vote

We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of “separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." - Brown v. Board of Education What impact did this Supreme Court ruling have on American society?

• It permitted separate schools as long as they were equal to white schools.
• It put an end to discriminatory state laws in the nation.
• It provided federal funds to educate minorities.
• It checked the powers of the executive branch to help African Americans.