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Struggle for Equality: Post-WWII America

Authored by Brooks Russell

History

10th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional?

Plessy v. Ferguson

Brown v. Board of Education

Roe v. Wade

Loving v. Virginia

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War?

The 13th Amendment

The 14th Amendment

The 15th Amendment

The 19th Amendment

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955, becoming an iconic figure in the Civil Rights Movement?

Rosa Parks

Coretta Scott King

Harriet Tubman

Sojourner Truth

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed discrimination in which of the following areas?

Employment

Voter registration

Public accommodations

All of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary goal of the Women's Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s?

To secure the right to vote for women

To achieve equal rights for women, particularly in the workplace

To promote women's education

To establish women-only communities

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which act, passed in 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment?

Civil Rights Act

Voting Rights Act

Fair Housing Act

Equal Pay Act

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962, an event that was met with riots on the campus?

Thurgood Marshall

Rosa Parks

James Meredith

Martin Luther King Jr.

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