Civil Rights Quiz Recap

What law did Homer Plessy violate when he was arrested?

• The Civil Rights Act
  

• The Jim Crow Laws

• The Voting Rights Act

• The Separate Car Act

What was the main issue being debated in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Voting Rights

• Segregation Laws

• • Labor rights

• • Immigration laws

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• • Segregation was illegal

• • Segregation was legal as long as facilities were "equal"

• • Segregation was legal in public schools only

• • Segregation was banned entirely

What doctrine did the Supreme Court establish in its decision on Plessy v. Ferguson?

• • Separate but equal

• • Freedom of speech

• • Judicial review

• • Civil rights protection

How did Plessy v. Ferguson affect racial segregation in the United States?

• • It led to the desegregation of public facilities

• • It reinforced the legality of racial segregation.

• • It ended segregation in the South.

• • It made all segregation illegal

Which case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

• • Brown v. Board of Education

• • Roe v. Wade

• • Miranda v. Arizona

• • Marbury v. Madison

What was the main issue in the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• • Voting rights

• • Segregation in public schools

• • Rights for women

• • Labor rights

What doctrine did the Brown v. Board of Education case overturn?

• • Separate but equal

• • Freedom of speech

• • Judicial review

• • Civil rights protection

What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education?

• • Segregation in public schools is legal.

• • Segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

• • Segregation in public transportation is legal.

• • Public schools must be segregated.

What was the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision on the United States?

• • It struck down separate schools

• • It marked the end of the civil rights movement.

• • It ended the use of voting tests.

• • It made public schools segregated by law.