WorksheetsUnit 4 Pre-Assessment: Civil Rights and Voting Rights
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 7hrs 45mins
What did the passage of the 15th Amendment accomplish during the Reconstruction Era?
It barred discrimination in hiring procedures.
It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
It prohibited slavery in the United States.
It blocked states from denying any citizen equal rights.
The United States Constitution is said to be a “living document” in part because court interpretations change over time.
What was a key aspect of Plessy v. Ferguson, a Supreme Court decision that was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education?
The “separate but equal” doctrine was applied to the 14th Amendment.
Poll taxes were outlawed as a prerequisite for voting under the 24th Amendment.
Non-citizens gained the right to vote in local elections under the 26th Amendment.
The principle of separation of church and state was applied under the 1st Amendment.
The United States Constitution is a living document that changes over time as a result of amendments and Supreme Court decisions. How did the Constitution change as a result of the 19th Amendment?
The voting rights of women were expanded.
The civil rights of Native Americans were restricted.
The civil rights of African- Americans were protected.
The voting rights of property owners were expanded.
Which constitutional amendment guarantees all citizens “equal protection of the laws”, and was used as the basis for lawsuits by African-Americans fighting for civil rights and by women’s groups arguing for the right to vote?
1’st amendment
13’th amendment
14’th amendment
17’th amendment
What was the effect of the passage of Jim Crow laws in the United States in the late 19th century?
Racial segregation was required by law in southern states.
Native Americans were moved onto reservations.
Restrictions were placed on business monopolies.
Women were denied the right to vote in national elections.
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
the 16th Amendment
the 15th Amendment
the 14th Amendment
the 13th Amendment
What school did Booker T. Washington help create to provide vocational training for African Americans?
University of Alabama
The Ohio State University
the Tuskegee Institute
Devry University
To which idea did Susan B. Anthony devote her life's work?
achieving equal pay for women
helping the urban poor
gaining suffrage for women
the Civil Rights movement
What happened as a result of the passage of the 24th Amendment?
It banned the use of the poll tax as a requirement for voting.
It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
It prohibited slavery in the United States.
It blocked states from denying any citizen equal rights.
What is the name given to the laws that created a policy of "separate but equal" that meant that blacks were segregated from whites?
the Alien and Sedition Acts
the Slave Codes
the Reconstruction Acts
the Jim Crow Laws
Which of the following Supreme Court cases decided that racial segregation in public places was constitutional as
long as the same facilities were provided for both races?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
United States v. Morrison
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Which statement best describes how members of the Ku Klux Klan felt about the fact that African Americans had the
right to vote?
They supported efforts to give African Americans the right to vote.
They opposed the right of African Americans to vote but took no actions against them.
They used threats and violence in order to prevent African Americans from voting.
They actively encouraged African Americans to vote in elections.
• Extended due process of the law to all citizens including former slaves
• Defined citizenship as "all persons born or naturalized in the United States"
• Denied Confederate leaders the right to hold office
Which amendment contained the provisions listed above?
15th
17th
20th
14th
Elections in the South which prohibited non-White voters from participating in nominating the party’s candidates were called:
General elections
Reconstruction Acts
White primaries
Suffrage
Although the 14th Amendment to the Constitution extended the rights of citizenship to “all persons” born or
naturalized in the United States, discrimination on the basis of gender still existed throughout much of the country during the late1800s. Which was a consequence of this discrimination?
the end of the military draft for women
the growth of the women’s suffrage movement
the beginning of sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters
the continuation of efforts to end university admissions quotas
What was one perspective of African-Americans that was reflected in the founding of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
the hope of encouraging widespread emigration to Africa
the belief that racial segregation was justified in all circumstances
the goal of forming a new political party to represent African-Americans
the desire to bring about legal and social equality for African-Americans
For decades following the Civil War southern states were referred to as the “Solid South” because they always voted:
for African Americans
for Republicans
for “people of color”
for Democrats
Which of the following suffragettes was arrested and fined $100 for trying to enter a polling place to vote for Ulysses
S Grant in 1872?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Paul
Which suffragette argued that giving women the right to vote would allow them to better fulfill their traditional roles as homemakers and mothers, because it would allow them to vote for school boards, issues of public health, etc?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Paul
Who revolutionized agriculture in the South by promoting the idea of crop rotation and developing new uses for peanuts, soy beans and sweet potatoes which made them more important to the economy?
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
W.E.B. Du Bois
Homer Plessy
Elections in which political parties nominate candidates for the following general election are called:
Primary elections
Recall elections
Initiatives
Referendums
After women were given the right to vote in 1920, what organization did Carrie Chapman Catt start with the goal of
educating women voters?
the League of Women Voters
the Congressional Union
the National Women’s Party
the Seneca Falls Convention
Actions taken by organizations such as those shown in the photo above helped bring about.
the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
the decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Photos such as the one above illustrate the result of:
the end of Jim Crow laws in the South due to the decision in Brown v. Board of Education
the suffrage movement and passage of the 19’th amendment
the success of the N.A.A.C.P. in ending segregation
Jim Crow laws and the “separate but equal” policy established by the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
Booker T. Washington promoted the idea that African-Americans should:
get military training and start a revolution for civil rights
segregate themselves from white Americans and attempt to go back to Africa
get a vocational education, find a good job and not protest over civil rights
get a liberal arts education, protest strongly against discrimination and fight for civil rights
Alice Paul and the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage were known for using more radical methods to gain the right to vote. Which of the following methods did they use?
picketing of the White House, chaining themselves to railings and hunger strikes when jailed
encouraged women to get a vocational education, find a good job and not protest over civil rights
encouraged women to get military training and start a revolution for voting rights
they argued for poll taxes, literacy tests and other requirements for voters
W.E.B. Du Bois promoted the idea that African-Americans should:
get military training and start a revolution for civil rights
segregate themselves from white Americans and attempt to go back to Africa
get a vocational education, find a good job and not protest over civil rights
get a liberal arts education, protest strongly against discrimination and fight for civil rights
