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Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...

• Black law student who challenged UT LAW

• Rosa Parks

• Integration in Little Rock H.S.

• Herman Sweatt

• first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB

• Little Rock Nine

• civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

• Jackie Robinson

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Riders

Select the location on the map that was annexed in 1845 which started a major war between the United States and Mexico over disputed territory.

Match the following

• gave people right to vote regardless of race

• 13th Amendment

• all persons born or naturalized in U.S. were entitled equal rights

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• abolished slavery

• 14th Amendment

• Allowed "separate but equal" facilities.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Ended segregation in public schools

• 15th Amendment

Which is the best title for the process shown in the picture?

• How the Electoral College Elects a President

• How the United States Constitution is Amended

• How the Virginia Constitution is Amended

• How a Bill Becomes a Law

What do you call an addition or change to the Constitution?

• preamble

• articles

• amendments

Who is responsible for ratifying amendments to the United States Constitution?

• the people

• the states

• the voters

• Congress

What is the primary purpose of the United Nations?

• To promote international trade

• To maintain international peace and security

• To regulate global financial markets

• To control global media

Which document outlines the fundamental rights of American citizens?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Federalist Papers

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What is the main function of the legislative branch of the United States government?

• To interpret laws

• To enforce laws

• To make laws

• To veto laws

Which economic system is characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods?

• Socialism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Feudalism