STAAR Civil Rights 21/22

Which event led to the action shown in this illustration?

• The revival of nativist policies.

• The ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment.

• The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.

• The rise of Social Darwinism.

What was one goal of Ku Klux Klan marches held before elections in the early 1900s?

• To prevent the government from passing voter identification laws.

• To warn people about the dangers of voter fraud.

• To prevent racial minorities from participating in the political process.

• To protest the use of literacy tests in the political process.

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

• The temperance movement.

• The passage of Jim Crow laws.

• The passage of antitrust legislation.

• The conservation movement.

How did the National Organization for Women (NOW) affect the feminist movement during the 1970s?

• By opposing the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

• By opposing laws granting tax credits for stay-at-home mothers.

• By supporting scholarship programs available through beauty pageants.

• By supporting the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Which accomplishment correctly completes this list?

• Organized armed resistance to protest police brutality against farmworkers.

• Negotiated to secure better working conditions for farmworkers.

• Filed a federal lawsuit to fight segregation against farmworkers in public facilities.

• Seized corporate farmland to protest discrimination against farmworkers.

Based on this image, how did the Black Panther Party differ from Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers?

• The Black Panther Party focused attention only on issues in southern states.

• The Black Panther Party believed in achieving equal voting rights for all.

• The Black Panther Party advocated militant action to achieve its goals.

• The Black Panther Party worked willingly with government officials.

In the 1960s which action of the Black Panthers was MOST DIFFERENT from the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Writing a ten-point platform that demanded decent housing.

• Using armed patrols to protect neighborhoods.

• Operating the Free Breakfast for Children Program.

• Creating “survival” programs that included medical and legal aid.

How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech affect U.S. politics?

• By increasing pressure on political leaders to form a new minority-based political party.

• By persuading political leaders to introduce literacy tests for voting.

• By persuading political leaders to ratify an amendment that extends voting rights to women.

• By increasing pressure on political leaders to pass federal civil rights legislation.

Which voting practice requirement was specifically targeted by this act?

• Providing proof of employment.

• Proving property ownership.

• Passing literacy tests.

• Taking religious tests.

What did the federal government do to address the social injustice shown in this photograph?

• Enforced the Wisconsin v. Yoder decision protecting First Amendment rights.

• Established the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to promote voting rights.

• Passed civil rights legislation banning segregation in public places.

• Issued an executive order prohibiting limits on interstate migration.