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WorksheetsU5T3: Civil Rights and Equality
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 42mins
What was the main purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
It removed barriers that prevented African Americans from voting.
It removed barriers that prevented poor people from voting.
It removed barriers that prevented women from voting.
It removed barriers that prevented Native Americans from voting.
Who gained voting rights with the passing of the 15th Amendment?
Native Americans
Women
African Americans
Unicorns
Who gained voting rights with the passing of the 19th Amendment?
Native Americans
Property owners
African Americans
Women
Which of the following are ways voting rights have changed in the US? Select all that apply.
Native Americans gained the right to vote.
People have to take literacy tests in order to vote.
Women gained the right to vote.
You have to pay a poll tax to vote.
You do not have to own property to vote.
Look at the source above. Which of the following would best fit as the title of this table?
How to be a Good Citizen
Rights of All Citizens
Responsibilities of All Citizens
How to Help Your Community
Which of the following would best fit as the title of this table?
How to Solve Community Problems
The Responsibilities of a US Citizen
The Rights of a US Citizen
How to Bake a Cake
Which amendment said that all people born in the U.S. are considered citizens AND that everyone has equal protection under the law?
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
None of these
The movement in which African Americans participated in organized marches, sit-ins, and boycotts is known as _____________.
Women's Rights Movement
African American's Rights Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Civil War
Which of the following are ways that citizens can solve community issues? Select the THREE correct answers.
Peaceful protests
By paying taxes
Boycotting
Voting for your leaders
Look at the Source. Based on the source, which of the following is describing the Seneca Falls Convention?
Thomas Jefferson and several other Founding Fathers are signing the Declaration of Independence.
A march for Civil Rights of Native Americans.
A gathering to discuss women's right to vote.
George Washington and others meeting to discuss the Constitution.
Which court case banned the segregation of public schools?
Civil Rights Act
Plessy v. Ferguson
Voting Rights Act
Brown v. Board of Education
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Laws requiring segregation in public areas and schools.
Laws abolishing segregation in public areas and schools.
Laws requiring segregation in public schools only.
Laws abolishing segregation in public schools only.
What were the impacts of the literacy tests and poll taxes?
Literacy tests and poll taxes made it easier for the poor and less educated to vote.
Literacy tests and poll taxes made it more difficult for African Americans as well as other people such as the poor to vote.
Literacy tests and poll taxes made it more difficult for African Americans to own land.
Literacy tests and poll taxes made segregation illegal.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
It was a cultural movement where African American artists, writers, and musicians were recognized for their contributions.
It was a struggle for social justice for African Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the US.
It was a court case that ended segregation in schools.
It was the movement of African Americans from the southern states to the northern states.
