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Civil Rights Study Guide

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?

a)

Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.

b)

Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism

c)

OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA

d)

Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty

2.

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

a)

Guzman V. School

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Miranda V. Arizona

d)

Plessy V. Ferguson

3.

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

a)

Dolores Huerta

b)

Malcom X

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Ceaser Chavez

4.

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

a)

WAC

b)

HUAC

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

5.

During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

a)

Greenboro Lunch Sit-ins

b)

Little Rock Nine

c)

Nashville Lunch Sit-ins

d)

March from Selma to Montgomery

6.

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

a)

March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Mass Support Demonstrations

d)

Little Rock Nine

7.

What group/individuals sought to improve the treatment of migrant workers through boycotts and strikes?

a)

SNCC, Martin Luther King

b)

Black Panthers, Newton

c)

United Farm Workers Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

d)

Immigration Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

8.

What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment?

a)

Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities

b)

Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities

9.

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

a)

Sit-in

b)

Boycotts

c)

Freedom Rides

d)

March on Washington

10.

Which court case ruled the separation of races does not violated the Constitution?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Bakke v. California

11.

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

a)

Keep public facilities cleaner

b)

keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

c)

keep the races pure

d)

keep African-Americans from voting

12.

Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

Voting tests

c)

Government Tests

d)

Poll tests

13.

What areas were racially segregated?

a)

Schools

b)

Housing

c)

Public Transportation

d)

All of these answers

14.

You are eligible to vote if you grandfather was eligible to vote under this clause.

a)

Grandfather clause

b)

Father Clause

c)

Grandmother Clause

d)

Santa Clause

15.

Which amendment granted African American males ( no females) the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

1st

d)

14th

16.

Which word means "The Right To Vote"

a)

Democracy

b)

Elections

c)

Suffrage

d)

Rights

17.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
18.
Beginning as a social club for former Confederates, this organization terrorized African Americans across the country.
a)
Fraternal Order of Elks
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freemasons
d)
Illuminati
19.

What answer is the definition of the 15th Amendment?

a)

the Northern states are not responsible for damages that happened in the South

b)

No former Confederate officer may run for political office unless 2/3 of Congress vote on it

c)

no life, liberty or property can be taken without due process

d)

all people of color and ex-slaves have the ability to vote in an election.

20.

What does it mean to "disenfranchise" somebody?

a)

to take away someone's right to vote in an election

b)

to take away someone's right to serve on a jury

c)

to take away someone's right to marry whoever

d)

putting someone in jail without going to court first

21.

What was the main idea of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896? What did the 8 judges decide?

a)

the Supreme Court outlawed the practice of lynching

b)

its ok to segregate as long as its "separate but equal facilities and places

c)

all black people finally will have equal rights

d)

all black people and white people can marry each other.

22.

Was this a real law?

"All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent to the fourth generation inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited".

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Was this a real law?

"No person or corporation shall require any white female nurse to nurse in wards or rooms or hospitals, either public or private, where negro men are placed."

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Was this a real law?

"Every employer of white or negro males shall provide for such white or negro males reasonably accessible and separate toilet facilities".

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Was this a real law?

"The state librarian is directed to fit up and maintain a separate place for the use of the colored people who may come to the library for the purpose of reading books or periodicals".

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Was this a real law?

"Separate rooms [shall] be provided for the teaching of pupils of African descent, and [when] said rooms are provided, such pupils may not be admitted to the school rooms occupied and used by pupils of Caucasian or other descent."

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Was this a real law?

"All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races."

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Was this a real law?

"It shall be unlawful to conduct a restaurant or other place for the serving of food in the city, at which white and colored people are served in the same room, unless such white and colored persons are effectually separated by a solid partition extending from the floor upward to a distance of seven feet or higher, and unless a separate entrance from the street is provided for each compartment."

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Was this a real law?

"All persons licensed to conduct the business of selling beer or wine...shall serve either white people exclusively or colored people exclusively and shall not sell to two races within the same room at any time."

a)

True

b)

False

30.
Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
31.

What was the purpose of the 14th amendment?

a)

Gave people equal rights.

b)

granted citizenship to all persons "Born or naturalized in the United States".

c)

Gave slave owners leeway over slaves.

32.

The 14th amendment led to the passage of other legislation in the 20th century including the __________________ and the _______________________.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Slave Trade Agreement Act of 1974 & Civil Rights Act of 1985

c)

Emancipation Proclamation of 2006 & the Rock the Vote Act of 2019

33.

What did the thirteenth amendment actually do?

a)

abolished slavery

b)

gave blacks the right to own pets

c)

gave blacks the right to learn to read

34.

What is the 15th amendment?

a)

Prohibited states from disenfranchising voters on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

b)

Prohibited states from disenfranchising voters from buying goods and land.

c)

Prohibited states from disenfranchising voters to vote in another state.

35.

(Typically southern) laws that separated whites and blacks and existed from the late 1800s through the 1960s

a)

Black Codes

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Reconstruction Codes

d)

Peonage

36.

Money required of voters in some Southern states - disproportionately applied to black voters, which could prohibit their ability to vote.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Vagrancy

d)

Grandfather Clause

37.

An often tricky exam used to keep African Americans from voting. Known for being used in the South, but they were also used in the North to discourage new immigrants from voting.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Vagrancy

d)

Grandfather Clause

38.

Exempted Southern whites from the strict requirements applied to black voters; a way to get around allowing all men the right to vote

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Vagrancy

d)

Grandfather Clause

39.

the crime or offense of being homeless; disproportionately used against black people after the end of slavery

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Vagrancy

d)

Grandfather Clause

40.

Workers who are bound in servitude until debts are paid

a)

Debt Peonage

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Vagrancy

d)

Autonomy

41.

Landowners renting farmers land (and often seed and tools, as well) in exchange for part of the crops produced; often included contracts that greatly favored the landowner and kept the farmer stuck in a cycle of debt

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Debt Peonage

c)

Black Codes

d)

De Jure Segregation

42.

Dixiecrat

a)

Segregationist (mostly Southern) political party that split away from the Democrats after 1964

b)

Dixie Chicks new band name.

c)

Another name for Democratic members of the Tea Party.

d)

A common term for any Democrat in the 'land of Dixie' (the South)

43.
Where did Dr. King deliver his famous "I Have a Dream " speech?
a)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
Albany Movement rally
c)
Memphis, TN garbage workers' strike
d)
at the March on Washington
44.
What piece of Congressional legislation (law) was passed as a result of the 1963 March on Washington?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
d)
G.I. Bill
45.
What BEST represents Dr. King's approach to achieving civil rights?
a)
nonviolence
b)
disunity
c)
appeasement
d)
conformity
46.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

a)

made racial discrimination & segregation illegal

b)

enforced Jim Crow laws

c)

desegregated public schools

d)

lowered the voting age to 18

47.
Dr. King urged civil disobedience in all the following ways EXCEPT
a)
sit-ins
b)
boycotts
c)
marches
d)
rioting
48.
Activism is...
a)
 taking action to affect social change
b)
being against something
c)
fighting the government
49.

Which is an example of a boycott?

a)

convincing your family and friends to support a new product

b)

refusing to purchase a product to support a cause

c)

giving a friend helpful advice

50.

What is a protest?

a)

the act of supporting your favorite sports team

b)

the separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

c)

a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.

51.

Is it racist to not give someone a job because of their gender?

a)

Yes

b)

No

52.

What are the people in this photo marching for?

a)

Racism

b)

Suffrage

c)

Activism

d)

Jobs

e)

The right to free speech

53.

Which word best fits this photo?

a)

Inequality

b)

Activism

c)

Petition

d)

Suffrage

e)

Conservative

54.

Which the the words below best describes this image?

a)

Activism

b)

Racism

c)

Inequality

d)

Petition

e)

Asset

55.

If you're angry about the new rule that you have to wear bright pink shoes to work every day, you might create a...?

a)

Declaration

b)

Suffrage

c)

Petition

d)

Activist

56.
An Activist is...
a)
A person who doesn't like the government
b)
a person who believes strongly in political or social change and takespart in activities such as public protests to try to make this happen
c)
A person who hurts others 
57.

The main goal of the women's rights movement in the early 20th century was to achieve

a)

the right to vote

b)

equal pay for equal work

c)

the freedom to practice birth

control

d)

the end of discrimination in

hiring

58.

According to the map, in which region of the United States did women receive the most support for equal suffrage before passage of the 19th amendment?

a)

East

b)

North

c)

South

d)

West

59.

What does the map show about woman’s suffrage legislation before ratification of the federal woman’s suffrage amendment in 1920?

a)

Opposition to woman’s suffrage

was strongest in the New England states.

b)

New York was the first state to

grant women the right to vote in state elections.

c)

State legislatures never gave

women the right to vote.

d)

Many western states granted

women suffrage before passage of the 19th amendment.

60.

A goal that was established at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was achieved in 1920 by the

a)

creation of a free public

education system

b)

passage of legislation to end

child labor

c)

adoption of national woman’s

suffrage

d)

ratification of an amendment

requiring national Prohibition

61.

Which Amendment gave all women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

17th

d)

16th

62.

Why were women not allowed to vote prior to 1900's?

a)

They were not well educated

b)

Women did not know anything about politics

c)

Men knew a lot more about politics than women.

d)

Allowing women to vote and to have other rights would negatively affect society because women stayed home and raised the children.

63.

What practice did Loving v. Virginia decide was unconstitutional?

a)

segregation of schools

b)

segregation of public transportation

c)

interracial marriage

64.

What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Marbury v. Madison

e)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

65.

In what state did the Little Rock Nine attend high school?

a)

Arkansas

b)

Mississippi

c)

South Carolina

d)

Georgia

e)

Alabama

66.

Who ordered the national guard to stop the Little Rock Nine on their first day of school?

a)

The president

b)

A senator

c)

The principal

d)

The major

e)

The governor

67.

What happened after the first year that the Little Rock Nine attended high school?

a)

Even more black students attended Central High


b)

All public high schools in the state became integrated

c)

The governor closed all public high schools in Little Rock

d)

All are correct

e)

The students had made their point and all people got along

68.

What is a sit in?

a)

Sitting on a bus

b)

Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest

c)

Sitting on the floor rather than a chair

d)

Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter

69.

Where did the first sit-in take place?

a)

Montgomery, Alabama

b)

Charleston, South Carolina

c)

Little Rock, Arkansas

d)

Greensboro, North Carolina

70.

In which part of the shop did the sit-in take place?

a)

The toy section.

b)

The lunch counter.

c)

Baby clothes

d)

At the drinking fountain.

71.

What was the basis of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

a)

That slavery was taking away from American pride.

b)

That African Americans' rights were protected by the Constitution.

c)

That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

d)

That slavery should be abolished immediately.

72.

Which amendment is represented in the picture?

a)

19th

b)

24th

c)

26th

d)

15th

73.

The ADA prohibits discrimination at work in the area of (CHOOSE 4)

a)

Job application

b)

Transportation to and from work

c)

Job interview

d)

On the job

e)

After the person works at the job

74.

The Americans with Disabilities Act and Amendment (Choose 2)

a)

Keeps people with disabilities FROM getting jobs

b)

Makes it unlawful to discriminate against people who have a disability

c)

Makes it unlawful to discriminate in the area of employment

d)

Only applies to people with physical disabilities

75.

In the United States, elections are controlled by

a)

the states

b)

the federal government

c)

the city governments

d)

the county government

76.

Native American nations gave women political participation and were inspiration for the Women's Suffrage Movement.

a)

Iroquois Confederacy

b)

Seminole Confederacy

c)

Cherokee Tribes

d)

Chocktaw Tribe

77.

Democratic President who signed both the Voting Rights Act (1965) and the Civil Rights Act (1963)

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Dwight D Eisenhower

78.

Which law did Shelby Co. v. Holder overturn?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1968

c)

Voting Rights Act

d)

Equal Rights Amendment

79.

Which Supreme Court case extended the 14th Amendment to Latinos?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

c)

Hernandez v. Texas

d)

Shelby Co. v. Holder

80.

Voter suppression efforts today are often found in legislation restricting same-day registration, ________________________, enacting harsh voter ID laws, and closing poll locations

a)

eliminating early voting

b)

firing poll workers

c)

cross burnings

d)

lynchings

81.

By 1940, _____________% of African-Americans were registered to vote in Mississippi

a)

80

b)

50

c)

10

d)

3

82.

Which had the greatest impact on a diversity of elected officials?

a)

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voter ID Laws

83.

Which piece of legislation gave the DOJ the ability to monitor state voting?

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Motor Voter Law

d)

Election Integrity Act

84.
Voter registration procedures were adopted around the turn of the century as a means to 
a)
prevent African Americans from voting.
b)
increase voter population.
c)
prevent corruption associated with stuffing ballot boxes
d)
establish minimum voting qualifications, such as passing the Political Literacy Test or a civic education course.
85.
The 26th Amendment says that states have to allow the right to vote in which case?
a)
if the voter has no income
b)
if the voter is 18 or over
c)
if the voter is female
d)
if the voter pays taxes
86.
Which federal law passed in 1993 was intended to make voter registration easier?
a)
Motor Voter Law
b)
24th Amendment
c)
Civil Rights Act
d)
Voting Rights Act
87.
Which is the reason why states have voter registration?
a)
to keep people from voting more than once
b)
to protect the voting rights of aliens and transients
c)
so political parties can contact voters at election time
d)
so states can enforce laws that require citizens to vote
88.
Which is one of the universal requirements for voting in the United States?
a)
literacy
b)
legal residency
c)
higher education
d)
political party membership
89.

Amendment that gave the residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in Presidential elections

a)

15th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

29th Amendment

d)

23th Amendment

90.

Gives Native Americans citizenship and the right to vote in federal elections (1924)

a)

Indian Citizenship Act

b)

Voting Rights Act

c)

16th Amendment

d)

20th Amendment

91.

Voter fraud is

a)

extremely rare because it is a high-risk, low-reward endeavor

b)

only happening in states where President Trump lost in 2020

c)

happening more in recent elections than it did in the past

d)

the greatest threat to democracy in the United States

92.

Which paraphrase best matches the reason the US Supreme Court struck down the Voting Rights Act in 2013 with the Shelby v Holder ruling.

a)

The voting rights act is no longer needed in this country because we no longer have problems with voter suppression based upon race.

b)

It would be best if all states had the same voting laws so that everyone had equal opportunity under the law.

c)

Shelby County is in Tennessee and Eric Holder was the Attorney General of the United States

d)

Interests of individual voters supersede the interests of the states