Civil Rights U.S. History

How did the event in this headline impact the Civil Right movement?

• The focus of the movement shifted to the struggle of migrant workers

• The movement lost credibility with the American public.

• The focus of the movement shifted to protesting U.S. involvement in foreign wars.

• The movement lost an important national leader.

What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens.

• To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation.

• To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation.

• To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures.

How did the event described by Rosa Parks in this excerpt affect the Civil Rights Movement?

• It changed the way police arrested public protesters.

• It resulted in a bus boycott that lasted more than a year.

• It led to an increase in the number of registered voters in southern states.

• It prompted the government to station the national Guard in southern states.

What was the main result of the events referred to in these headlines?

• The growth of insurance and welfare programs for elderly citizens.

• The growth of radical political parties on the East Coast.

• The expansion of political and economic opportunities for minority citizens.

• The expansion of economic cooperation between northern and southern states.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

• 13th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What amendment made all persons born in the United States citizens?

• 26th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

The rights of citizens under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution were violated by the U.S government when it authorized the establishment of-

• A. internment camps of Japanese Americans

• B. the office of War Mobilization

• C. nuclear test sites in Nevada

• D. the Office of Price Administration

Which case ruled that slaves were not citizens and could not sue?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

The name of which civil rights leader best completes the title of the graphic?

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Stokely Carmichael

• Malcolm X

The federal government responded to which issue by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• Unfair lending practices by banks.

• Unequal representation in local legislatures.

• Inadequate medical services in urban areas.

• Discrimination by employers.