WorksheetsCivil Rights Study Guide
Total questions: 92
Worksheet time: 51mins
What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?
Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.
Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism
OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA
Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty
What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?
Guzman V. School
Brown V. Board of Education
Miranda V. Arizona
Plessy V. Ferguson
Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ceaser Chavez
What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?
WAC
HUAC
NAACP
SNCC
During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?
Greenboro Lunch Sit-ins
Little Rock Nine
Nashville Lunch Sit-ins
March from Selma to Montgomery
What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?
March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black Panthers
Mass Support Demonstrations
Little Rock Nine
What group/individuals sought to improve the treatment of migrant workers through boycotts and strikes?
SNCC, Martin Luther King
Black Panthers, Newton
United Farm Workers Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez
Immigration Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez
What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment?
Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities
Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities
What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?
Sit-in
Boycotts
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
Which court case ruled the separation of races does not violated the Constitution?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
Bakke v. California
Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?
Keep public facilities cleaner
keep African-Americans as second-class citizens
keep the races pure
keep African-Americans from voting
Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.
Literacy Tests
Voting tests
Government Tests
Poll tests
What areas were racially segregated?
Schools
Housing
Public Transportation
All of these answers
You are eligible to vote if you grandfather was eligible to vote under this clause.
Grandfather clause
Father Clause
Grandmother Clause
Santa Clause
Which amendment granted African American males ( no females) the right to vote?
15th
19th
1st
14th
Which word means "The Right To Vote"
Democracy
Elections
Suffrage
Rights
What answer is the definition of the 15th Amendment?
the Northern states are not responsible for damages that happened in the South
No former Confederate officer may run for political office unless 2/3 of Congress vote on it
no life, liberty or property can be taken without due process
all people of color and ex-slaves have the ability to vote in an election.
What does it mean to "disenfranchise" somebody?
to take away someone's right to vote in an election
to take away someone's right to serve on a jury
to take away someone's right to marry whoever
putting someone in jail without going to court first
What was the main idea of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896? What did the 8 judges decide?
the Supreme Court outlawed the practice of lynching
its ok to segregate as long as its "separate but equal facilities and places
all black people finally will have equal rights
all black people and white people can marry each other.
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".
True
False
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."
True
False
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".
True
False
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".
True
False
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."
True
False
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."
True
False
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."
True
False
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."
True
False
What was the purpose of the 14th amendment?
Gave people equal rights.
granted citizenship to all persons "Born or naturalized in the United States".
Gave slave owners leeway over slaves.
The 14th amendment led to the passage of other legislation in the 20th century including the __________________ and the _______________________.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965
Slave Trade Agreement Act of 1974 & Civil Rights Act of 1985
Emancipation Proclamation of 2006 & the Rock the Vote Act of 2019
What did the thirteenth amendment actually do?
abolished slavery
gave blacks the right to own pets
gave blacks the right to learn to read
What is the 15th amendment?
Prohibited states from disenfranchising voters on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Prohibited states from disenfranchising voters from buying goods and land.
Prohibited states from disenfranchising voters to vote in another state.
(Typically southern) laws that separated whites and blacks and existed from the late 1800s through the 1960s
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Reconstruction Codes
Peonage
Money required of voters in some Southern states - disproportionately applied to black voters, which could prohibit their ability to vote.
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Vagrancy
Grandfather Clause
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.
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Vagrancy
Grandfather Clause
Exempted Southern whites from the strict requirements applied to black voters; a way to get around allowing all men the right to vote
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Vagrancy
Grandfather Clause
the crime or offense of being homeless; disproportionately used against black people after the end of slavery
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Vagrancy
Grandfather Clause
Workers who are bound in servitude until debts are paid
Debt Peonage
Sharecropping
Vagrancy
Autonomy
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
Sharecropping
Debt Peonage
Black Codes
De Jure Segregation
Dixiecrat
Segregationist (mostly Southern) political party that split away from the Democrats after 1964
Dixie Chicks new band name.
Another name for Democratic members of the Tea Party.
A common term for any Democrat in the 'land of Dixie' (the South)
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
made racial discrimination & segregation illegal
enforced Jim Crow laws
desegregated public schools
lowered the voting age to 18
Which is an example of a boycott?
convincing your family and friends to support a new product
refusing to purchase a product to support a cause
giving a friend helpful advice
What is a protest?
the act of supporting your favorite sports team
the separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
Is it racist to not give someone a job because of their gender?
Yes
No
What are the people in this photo marching for?
Racism
Suffrage
Activism
Jobs
The right to free speech
Which word best fits this photo?
Inequality
Activism
Petition
Suffrage
Conservative
Which the the words below best describes this image?
Activism
Racism
Inequality
Petition
Asset
If you're angry about the new rule that you have to wear bright pink shoes to work every day, you might create a...?
Declaration
Suffrage
Petition
Activist
The main goal of the women's rights movement in the early 20th century was to achieve
the right to vote
equal pay for equal work
the freedom to practice birth
control
the end of discrimination in
hiring
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?
East
North
South
West
What does the map show about woman’s suffrage legislation before ratification of the federal woman’s suffrage amendment in 1920?
Opposition to woman’s suffrage
was strongest in the New England states.
New York was the first state to
grant women the right to vote in state elections.
State legislatures never gave
women the right to vote.
Many western states granted
women suffrage before passage of the 19th amendment.
A goal that was established at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was achieved in 1920 by the
creation of a free public
education system
passage of legislation to end
child labor
adoption of national woman’s
suffrage
ratification of an amendment
requiring national Prohibition
Which Amendment gave all women the right to vote?
15th
19th
17th
16th
Why were women not allowed to vote prior to 1900's?
They were not well educated
Women did not know anything about politics
Men knew a lot more about politics than women.
Allowing women to vote and to have other rights would negatively affect society because women stayed home and raised the children.
What practice did Loving v. Virginia decide was unconstitutional?
segregation of schools
segregation of public transportation
interracial marriage
What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford
In what state did the Little Rock Nine attend high school?
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Who ordered the national guard to stop the Little Rock Nine on their first day of school?
The president
A senator
The principal
The major
The governor
What happened after the first year that the Little Rock Nine attended high school?
Even more black students attended Central High
All public high schools in the state became integrated
The governor closed all public high schools in Little Rock
All are correct
The students had made their point and all people got along
What is a sit in?
Sitting on a bus
Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest
Sitting on the floor rather than a chair
Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter
Where did the first sit-in take place?
Montgomery, Alabama
Charleston, South Carolina
Little Rock, Arkansas
Greensboro, North Carolina
In which part of the shop did the sit-in take place?
The toy section.
The lunch counter.
Baby clothes
At the drinking fountain.
What was the basis of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
That slavery was taking away from American pride.
That African Americans' rights were protected by the Constitution.
That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.
That slavery should be abolished immediately.
Which amendment is represented in the picture?
19th
24th
26th
15th
The ADA prohibits discrimination at work in the area of (CHOOSE 4)
Job application
Transportation to and from work
Job interview
On the job
After the person works at the job
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Amendment (Choose 2)
Keeps people with disabilities FROM getting jobs
Makes it unlawful to discriminate against people who have a disability
Makes it unlawful to discriminate in the area of employment
Only applies to people with physical disabilities
In the United States, elections are controlled by
the states
the federal government
the city governments
the county government
Native American nations gave women political participation and were inspiration for the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Iroquois Confederacy
Seminole Confederacy
Cherokee Tribes
Chocktaw Tribe
Democratic President who signed both the Voting Rights Act (1965) and the Civil Rights Act (1963)
John F Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
Richard Nixon
Dwight D Eisenhower
Which law did Shelby Co. v. Holder overturn?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Voting Rights Act
Equal Rights Amendment
Which Supreme Court case extended the 14th Amendment to Latinos?
Brown v. Board of Education
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Hernandez v. Texas
Shelby Co. v. Holder
Voter suppression efforts today are often found in legislation restricting same-day registration, ________________________, enacting harsh voter ID laws, and closing poll locations
eliminating early voting
firing poll workers
cross burnings
lynchings
By 1940, _____________% of African-Americans were registered to vote in Mississippi
80
50
10
3
Which had the greatest impact on a diversity of elected officials?
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voter ID Laws
Which piece of legislation gave the DOJ the ability to monitor state voting?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Motor Voter Law
Election Integrity Act
Amendment that gave the residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in Presidential elections
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
29th Amendment
23th Amendment
Gives Native Americans citizenship and the right to vote in federal elections (1924)
Indian Citizenship Act
Voting Rights Act
16th Amendment
20th Amendment
Voter fraud is
extremely rare because it is a high-risk, low-reward endeavor
only happening in states where President Trump lost in 2020
happening more in recent elections than it did in the past
the greatest threat to democracy in the United States
Which paraphrase best matches the reason the US Supreme Court struck down the Voting Rights Act in 2013 with the Shelby v Holder ruling.
The voting rights act is no longer needed in this country because we no longer have problems with voter suppression based upon race.
It would be best if all states had the same voting laws so that everyone had equal opportunity under the law.
Shelby County is in Tennessee and Eric Holder was the Attorney General of the United States
Interests of individual voters supersede the interests of the states
