Social Studies Unit 7 Quiz

How did the 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th Amendments help expand and support a

representative democracy/republic in the United States?

• by providing more polling locations in small towns

• by increasing the number of citizens who could vote

• by requiring literacy tests in order to vote in elections

• by providing more opportunities to vote across the country

How did President Lyndon B. Johnson support the Civil Rights Movement?

• He signed legislation that supported equal treatment and ended segregation.

• He wrote letters to other world leaders to urge them to support civil rights.

• He gave speeches with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks.

• He joined marches and protests in southern cities.

How did Rosa Parks influence the Civil Rights Movement?

• She gave speeches across America to encourage others to fight for civil rights.

• She asked Congress to pass laws that would desegregate the buses in

  Montgomery.

• She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man and was arrested,

  which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.

• She was asked by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to give a speech about how hard life

  was for African Americans in the Jim Crow South.

How did President John F. Kennedy want to support the Civil Rights Movement?

• by banning discrimination in places of business

• by slowing down the desegregation of public schools

• by keeping whites and African Americans separated in public places

• by continuing discrimination in the hiring of workers on federal construction

  projects

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplish?

• It further restricted African American access to the voting booth.

• It ended literacy laws and poll taxes, which enforced the 15th Amendment.

• It set up a council of civil rights leaders to investigate civil liberty violations.

• It stated African Americans could not vote in either national or local elections.

How did the March on Washington bring more attention to the Civil Rights Movement?

• President John F. Kennedy came to the march and signed the Civil Rights Act.

• Rosa Parks led the bus boycott all the way to Washington D.C., where they

  protested segregation in the south.

• Many people committed to come to the march but did not attend becuase they

  were afraid it might turn violent.

• More than 200,000 people attended the march, and they heard Dr. Martin

  Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

What does this paragraph describe?

• The Civil Rights Act

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The March on Washington

• Brown v. Board of Education

What law was passed that forced public places to desegregate?

• 15th Amendment

• Voting Rights Act

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Brown v. Board of Education

Anna is a woman who just turned eighteen. She is excited that she gets to vote.

What two amendments allow Anna to vote?

• 19th and 24th

• 19th and 26th

• 23rd and 24th

• 23rd and 26th

Which describes a citizen’s rights by due process?

• Citizens have the right to a free public education.

• Citizens have the right to receive fair and free medical treatment.

• Citizens have the right to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

• Citizens accused of a crime have the right to receive a legal process that

  consists of a fair punishment.