Civil Rights Movement Quiz

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

• A social movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s

• A military conflict that took place in the 18th century

• A series of scientific advancements in the 20th century

• A political campaign in the early 1900s

What form of segregation was part of the Southern United States before 1964?

• Racial segregation against Blacks

• Gender segregation

• Residential segregation

• None of the above

When the United States was founded, which group of citizens were allowed to vote?

• All citizens regardless of race or gender

• White men who owned property

• All men regardless of property ownership

• Women

What is an amendment to the Constitution?

• A change or addition to the Constitution

• A law passed by the Congress

• A Supreme Court decision

• A presidential executive order

Which amendment ended slavery in America?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Which amendment to the US Constitution (1868) granted citizenship to all people born in the US? It also explains citizenship, makes sure all people get the same privileges, right due process, and equal protection under the law.

• 12th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

Which amendment to the US Constitution (1870) granted all men the right to vote regardless of race or color or whether they had been slaves.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

What were Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States

• Laws that abolished slavery in the United States

• Laws that provided equal rights to all citizens of the United States

• Laws that regulated the use of public parks and recreational areas

Which were restrictions placed on southern black voters?

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests

• Grandfather clauses

• All of the above

Which amendment to the US Constitution (1964) ended the poll tax.

• 22nd Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

• 28th Amendment