2026 Civil Rights Test Review

Who was murdered by 2 white men for talking to a white woman in Mississippi?

• Medgar Evers

• Emmett Till

• Stokely Carmichael

• James Farmer

Which principal of the Constitution established/set that the U.S. is run by representatives in government?

• free enterprise

• Division of power

• federalism

• Republicanism

What was the point of this possible WWII march on Washington that was stopped because FDR responded to A. Phillip Randolph?

• End segregation on railroads

• End segregation in defense industry companies

• End segregation on interstate busses

• End segregation in public facilities

Plessey v Ferguson >> ___????????????_______ >> Montgomery Bus Boycott >> >> March on Washington

Which answer below best fits the timeline?

• 14th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• Emmett Till murder

• Brown v Board

What/who convinced the U.S. government to make the U.S. navy stronger?

• The Spanish American War

• Alfred T. Mahan's book "The influence of Seapower Upon World History"

• Unrestricted submarine warfare

• The overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani for control of Hawaii

What reason did Woodrow Wilson give to congress for entering WWI?

• To make the world safe for democracy

• To defend Pearl Harbor and fight fascism

• To become a world power

• To spread communism

The idea that it is illegal to deny the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude comes from....

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 15th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• The Populist movement

Poll taxes are made unconstitutional by....

• the 9th Amendment

• The Missouri Compromise

• The 24th Amendment

• the 16th Amendment

The 14th Amendment makes anyone born within the boundaries of the US a citizen. What else does the 14th Amendment guarantee its citizens?

• The right to peaceably assemble

• The right to protest

• the right to equal protection under the law

• The right to a fair trial

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

• To protect individual rights

• To protect rights for women

• To protect the rights of black Americans

• To establish a strong central government