Civil Rights Legislation and Amendments Quiz

What was the primary purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1957?

• To eliminate poll taxes in federal elections

• To prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, or ethnicity

• To help register African-Americans to vote

• To eliminate literacy tests from elections

Which piece of legislation prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, or ethnicity in public places and schools??

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act 1957

• Civil Rights Act 1968

• Voting Rights Act 1965

What was eliminated by the 24th Amendment in 1964?

• Literacy tests in elections

• Poll taxes in federal elections

• Discrimination in public places

• Segregation in schools

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminate?

• Poll taxes and literacy tests from elections

• Discrimination in public places

• Segregation in schools

• The Civil Rights Commission

Which court case ruled that public school segregation is unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Sweat v. Painter

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Hernandez v. Texas

What was the significance of the Sweat v. Painter (1950) case?

• It ruled that minorities have the right to be tried by a jury of their peers.

• It ruled that African-Americans could attend law school at the University of Texas.

• It ruled that "separate but equal" did not violate the 14th Amendment.

• It overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

Evaluate the role of the Hernandez v. Texas case in expanding civil rights protections beyond African-Americans.

• It had no impact on civil rights protections.

• It established that minorities, including Hispanics, have the right to be tried by a jury of their peers.

• It focused only on African-American rights.

• It overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

Who is known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus due to bus segregation, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Rosa Parks

• Betty Friedan

• Dolores Huerta

• Cesar Chavez

Which Civil Rights leader was associated with the Nation of Islam and advocated for Black empowerment?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• George Wallace

• Orval Faubus

Who was the President of the United States during the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Richard Nixon