Introduction to Civil Rights

What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln?

• To start the Civil War

• To end the institution of slavery

• To establish the Fourteenth Amendment

• To create the Jim Crow laws

Which amendment officially outlawed slavery in the United States?

• The Twelfth Amendment

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• The Fourteenth Amendment

• The Fifteenth Amendment

What did the Jim Crow segregation laws enforce in the South?

• Equality for all races

• Segregation and inequality for African Americans

• The right to vote for African Americans

• The end of racial discrimination

What was one of the reasons the twentieth-century Civil Rights Movement emerged?

• The end of World War I

• The experiences of black soldiers in the Second World War

• The Great Depression

• The Industrial Revolution

What did African American veterans return to the United States determined to achieve after World War II?

• Economic prosperity

• Political power

• The rights and prerogatives of full citizenship

• Military dominance

What did African Americans fight in during the Second World War?

• An integrated military

• A segregated military

• A foreign military

• A volunteer military

What did US propaganda emphasize during the Second World War?

• Economic growth

• Military strength

• Liberty, justice, and equality

• Technological advancement

Which organization spearheaded the legal strategy to undermine the foundation of Jim Crow segregation in the South?

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

What was the landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public education unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Roe v. Wade

What was the response of Southern congressmen to the Brown v. Board ruling?

• They supported the ruling.

• They issued the "Southern manifesto."

• They ignored the ruling.

• They immediately desegregated schools.