Civil Rights & Federal Government

Which President ordered the integration of the U.S. military in 1948?

• President Eisenhower

• President Johnson

• President Truman

• President Kennedy

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1957?

• To end segregation in graduate schools

• To stop discrimination in housing and jobs

• To increase black voting rights

• To make poll taxes illegal

Which act made literacy tests and poll taxes for voting illegal?

• The Civil Rights Act of 1957

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The 24th Amendment

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Who sent the US Army to help integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

• President Kennedy

• President Johnson

• President Eisenhower

• President Truman

What did the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision achieve?

• It ended segregation in graduate schools.

• It increased black voting rights.

• It ended school segregation.

• It made poll taxes illegal.

Which amendment made poll taxes illegal?

• The 22nd Amendment

• The 24th Amendment

• The 26th Amendment

• The 23rd Amendment

What action did President Johnson take to promote affirmative action?

• He sent the US Army to Little Rock 9

• He ordered agencies to hire more minorities

• He passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• He made literacy tests illegal

What landmark legislation did President Lyndon B. Johnson sign into law on July 2, 1964?

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Fair Housing Act of 1968

• The Equal Pay Act of 1963

Which Supreme Court case declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Loving v. Virginia

• Roe v. Wade

Which act was primarily focused on eliminating discrimination in public accommodations and employment?

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Fair Housing Act of 1968

• The Equal Pay Act of 1963