Civil Rights Quiz 2024- H&CR

What are human rights based on?

• The guarantee of equal social opportunities

• Protection under the law

• Being a human being

• Race, religion, or other characteristics

What do civil rights guarantee?

• Rights because you are a human being

• Equal social opportunities and protection under the law

• The ability to do or to have anything

• Rights that are different for every individual

During which decades did the Civil Rights Movement primarily take place?

• 1920's - 1940's

• 1950's - 1970's

• 1980's - 2000's

• 1910's - 1930's

What did the Jim Crow laws enforce?

• Integration of races in the South

• Strict separation of the races in the South

• Economic policies in the South

• Voting rights for all citizens

What does "de jure segregation" refer to?

• Segregation by social norms

• Segregation imposed by law

• Segregation by personal choice

• Segregation in housing only

What was the legal principle upheld by the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson case?

• "Separate and unequal"

• "Separate but equal"

• "Equal protection under the law"

• "Integration of all races"

What year did Homer Plessy take a seat in the "Whites Only" car of a train and refuse to move?

• 1892

• 1896

• 1901

• 1888

What was the outcome of Homer Plessy's trial in the District Court of New Orleans?

• He was acquitted

• The case was dismissed

• He was convicted

• The trial was postponed indefinitely

What did the court decide regarding the Louisiana law separating blacks and whites on railroad cars?

• It was unconstitutional

• It was in violation of the 14th amendment

• It was a legal law

• It required further investigation

What was the legal principle upheld by the court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• "Separate but equal" is unconstitutional

• "Separate but equal" law did not violate the 14th amendment

• All segregation laws are unconstitutional

• Segregation on trains is legal, but not in other public facilities