Ethnic Studies Second Semester FInal

What are civil rights?

• Civil rights are the rights of individuals to receive equal treatment and protection under the law.
• Civil rights are the rights of animals to receive equal treatment and protection under the law.
• Civil rights are the rights of corporations to receive equal treatment and protection under the law.

What protects each citizens' civil rights?

• Police officers

• Parents

• School

• The Constitution

Which rights below are protected by the Constitution?

• Freedom of Speech.

• Right to a fair trial.

• Freedom to practice your religion.

• All of the above

What were the Jim Crow Laws?

• A series of state and local laws in the United States that enforced racial segregation and discrimination against Black Americans from the late 1800s to the mid 1960s.

• Laws against disabled people.

• Laws against Asian Americans.

Which of the following best describes racial relations in America from

the Civil War to the 1950s?

• There were many successful attacks on the segregated system

  during this time period.

• Slavery continued throughout the American South.

• The races were segregated and whites maintained many privileges.

• Public facilities were desegregated and racial equality prevailed.

Jim Crow laws required segregation in public places such as

• Schools

• Transportation

• Restaurants

• All of the above

Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Gandhi

• John Lewis

Which Supreme Court case declared 'separate but equal' unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

What significant event happened at the March on Washington?

• Rosa Parks did not give up her seat.

• African American students went to an all White school in Little Rock.

• 200,000 marched on Washington where Dr. King gave his "I have a dream" speech.

• All of the above.

What was the goal of the Lunch Counter Sit-ins?

• Integrated lunch counters throughout the South.

• To have a sandwich.

• To have some ice cream and malts.

• None of the above.