Rights & Protest Pretest

What are the Bill of Rights?

• A document outlining the responsibilities of the President
• The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
• The first ten articles of the United States Constitution
• A list of rights for citizens of other countries

What do the Bill of Rights provide U.S. citizens?

• Grant unlimited power to the government
• Restrict individual freedoms
• Abolish the concept of democracy
• Guarantee individual freedoms and limit the power of the government

What is the 14th Amendment?

• The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
• The 14th Amendment established the right to bear arms for all citizens
• The 14th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States
• The 14th Amendment granted voting rights to all citizens over the age of 21

What did Brown v. Board of Education establish?

• The establishment of separate but equal schools for different races
• The promotion of racial segregation in public schools
• The legality of racial segregation in public schools
• The unconstitutionality of racial segregation in public schools

Who is Ruby Bridges?

• The first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
• A famous chef known for creating the first chocolate chip cookie recipe
• The inventor of the light bulb
• The first African-American child to walk on the moon

Which U.S. civil rights leader is best remembered for nonviolence and passive resistance?

• Malcolm X
• Stokley Carmichael

• Nelson Mandela
• Martin Luther King Jr.

Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Abraham Lincoln
• Cesar Chavez

• Mahatma Gandhi

Which of the following people is remembered as an American farm worker leader?

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• William Jennings Bryan

• Eugene Debs

• Cesar Chavez

Which amendment extended voting to women?

• 19th Amendment
• 12th Amendment
• 25th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

What was the name of the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• Hot War
• Warm War
• Cool War
• Cold War