Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Kneily Stewart

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Lester Maddox

Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?

• The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote

• The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech

• The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal

• The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws

The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for African-Americans living in the south to exercise their right to vote    

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

"Extends voting rights and outlaws racial discrimination in schools and the workplace and by facilities that serve the general public" - Which of the following is being described in the document?

• Armed Forces Desegregation Act

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• G.I. Bill

Separation of two or more races based on skin color

• segregation

• racism

• oppression

• facism

Gave all male United States citizens over the age of 21 the right to vote

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.

• to pay people less based on their race.

• to return an enslaved person back to a plantation

• to segregate schools.

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• pay people based on experience and years of service

• deny someone of a job because of their race.

• fire someone for not doing their job.

• kick someone out of the military.

Forcing people to pay for the right to vote was called a _________?

• Literacy Test

• Poll Tax