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Civil Rights Exam Review 2022

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Reconstruction period, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified. What did these amendments address?

a)

Rights for women

b)

Readmission of states to the Union

c)

Rights for former slaves

d)

Presidential impeachment proceedings

2.

What is one example of a way that "separate but equal" as described in the excerpt affected Americans during the first half of the twentieth century?

a)

Minorities were not allowed to attend schools with whites.

b)

Poll taxes in federal elections were ruled unconstitutional.

c)

Affirmative action programs were ruled unconstitutional.

d)

Minorities were not allowed to join the military.

3.

Which action opposed the civil rights advances that the Reconstruction amendments had promised for African Americans?

a)

The temperance movement

b)

The passage of Jim Crow laws

c)

The passage of antitrust legislation

d)

The conservation movement

4.

How did the event in this newspaper headline effect the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

The focus of the movement shifted to helping migrant workers

b)

The movement lost credibility with the American public.

c)

The focus of the movement shifted to protesting involvement in the Vietnam war.

d)

The movement lost an important national leader

5.

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was most associated with what?

a)

Members armed themselves and were willing to take necessary means to protect their homes and families

b)

Leaders worked with existing laws to petition the rights of African Americans

c)

Members worked closely with media companies like NBC and CBS to promote their messages

d)

Leaders enforced the use of nonviolence among those engaging in sit-ins and other protest activities

6.

The Black Panthers were most associated with what?

a)

Members armed themselves and were willing to take necessary means to protect their homes and families

b)

Leaders worked with existing laws to petition the rights of African Americans

c)

Members worked closely with media companies like NBC and CBS to promote their messages

d)

Leaders enforced the use of nonviolence among those engaging in sit-ins and other protest activities

7.

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?

a)

It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites

b)

It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes

c)

It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns.

d)

It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.

8.

In this article, who is being awarded?

a)

Sandra Day O'Connor

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Hillary Clinton

d)

Barbara Jordan

9.

How did the nineteenth Amendment expand the democratic process?

a)

By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race

b)

By eliminating the poll tax

c)

By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender

d)

By lowering the voting age

10.

What constitutional amendment protects freedom of speech and religion?

a)

the first amendment

b)

the fifth amendment

c)

the eighth amendment

d)

The sixth amendment

11.

What constitutional amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches by the government

a)

the eleventh amendment

b)

the eighth amendment

c)

the twelfth amendment

d)

the fourth amendment

12.

What 2 constitutional amendments fill in the missing spaces?

a)

Fifth Amendment and Eighth Amendment

b)

Third Amendment and Seventh Amendment

c)

First Amendment and Fourth Amendment

d)

Second Amendment and Sixth Amendment

13.

What organization did W.E.B Du Bois found?

a)

The Black Star Steamship Line

b)

The Jim Crow organization

c)

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

d)

The Black Panthers

14.

Which action is prohibited under provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972?

a)

A principal refuses to organize athletic events and programs for female sports teams.

b)

The funding for a music program is cut because of declining tax revenues.

c)

A teacher attempts to organize a charity basketball game for faculty and students.

d)

The staffing for a foreign language class is reduced due to lack of interest.

15.

Which of the following is the best example of a civic responsibility?

a)

Writing an political piece for a newspaper

b)

Volunteering to sell raffle tickets for a county fair

c)

Voting in a federal election

d)

Opening a business

16.

Which caption best replaces the question mark in the Image?

a)

Abolish the Poll Tax and the Literacy Test

b)

Demand the Direct Election of Senators

c)

Come in and Learn Why Women should be able to Vote

d)

Lower the Voting Age for Women to Eighteen

17.

Which of the following is an achievement of the Civil Rights movement?

a)

F.

b)

H.

c)

G.

d)

J.

18.

What was the Purpose of the Executive Order that established Affirmative Action?

a)

To expand protections in hiring decisions

b)

To guarantee a minimum wage for employees

c)

To provide corporate tax cuts to companies

d)

To provide on-the-job training for new workers

19.

What is important about this mural in San Diego, California?

a)

It is representative of artistic expressions of the Beat Generation.

b)

It was commissioned by the federal government through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

c)

It is an example of cultural pride among Mexican Americans.

d)

It was painted by artists employed under the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

20.

In 1924, what did the Federal Government do to expand the rights of Native Americans?

a)

Providing retirement benefits for native communities

b)

Granting citizenship to American Indians

c)

Establishing private schools for American Indian children

d)

Guaranteeing jobs for Native Americans in urban areas

21.

How did this Supreme Court decision affect judicial interpretations of the Constitution?

a)

By expanding equal protection rights

b)

By eliminating due process protections

c)

By limiting free expression

d)

By expanding the right of religious freedom

22.

How have these groups helped shape U.S History?

a)

By fighting against child labor in the United States

b)

By supporting strict immigration quotas and policies

c)

By focusing on expanding civil rights for minorities in the United States

d)

By lobbying against equal pay for equal work

23.

What Constitutional right was violated by Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066

a)

Freedom of speech

b)

Right to equal protection

c)

Right to bear arms

d)

Freedom of religion

24.

Which way for achieving civil rights is most associated with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Using peaceful protests and acts of civil disobedience

b)

Obtaining signatures to petition for a referendum

c)

Pursuing litigation through the court system

d)

Recalling officials in special elections

25.

How were these rights addressing suffrage achieved?

a)

By granting citizenship to immigrants

b)

By passing antitrust and antimonopoly legislation

c)

By ratifying new constitutional amendments

d)

By engaging in an international conflict

26.

Photographs showing a group of Chiricahua apache students on their first day of school at the Carlisle Indian School. What was the purpose of this school?

a)

restore U.S. citizenship to American Indians

b)

encourage the study of American Indian religious practices

c)

protect American Indians from nativist policies

d)

assimilate American Indians into U.S. culture

27.

What did the federal Government do to address the injustice shown in this photograph?

a)

Enforced the Wisconsin v. Yoder decision protecting First Amendment rights of Amish Americans

b)

Established the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to promote voting rights

c)

Passed new civil rights legislation banning segregation in public places

d)

Issued an executive order prohibiting limits on interstate migration and travel

28.

The items listed here also contributed to what?

a)

African American architects created the Neoclassical style based on Roman and Greek models.

b)

African American painters of the Hudson River School focused on the beauty of nature.

c)

African American artists and writers celebrated their culture in a movement called the Harlem Renaissance

d)

African American musicians developed rock and roll music based on African rhythms and beats.

29.

What is one way the Civil Rights Movement, including civil rights legislation, impacted the United States?

a)

By leading to the passage of antitrust laws

b)

By increasing the globalization of the country's economy

c)

By leading to the creation of a national health care system

d)

By increasing diversity in the workplace

30.

What is the Meaning of Inalienable rights?

a)

Rights that cannot be taken away or denied

b)

Rights that change over time

c)

Rights that only governments can provide

d)

Rights that cannot be defined and protected

31.

listed here are some of the achievements of the civil rights activist and politician, Marcus Garvey. How did he MOST impact African American's during the early 20th century?

a)

By ending school segregation

b)

By encouraging blacks to accept low-paying jobs and social inequality

c)

By promoting black cultural pride and economic independence

d)

By supporting the use of violence

32.

As part of the Chicano Movement in the 1960s, What was the PRIMARY goal of school walkouts?

a)

To end the use of poll taxes for voting

b)

To support the passage of a minimum wage law

c)

To protest the rising cost of college education

d)

To raise awareness of insufficient educational opportunities

33.

In what ways have these groups influenced the culture of the United States?

a)

By supporting government funding of the arts and sciences

b)

By supporting the implementation of social reforms

c)

By supporting increased environmental protections

d)

By supporting the development of free trade practices

34.

Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP used the legal system and court cases to challenge _________ African Americans. 

a)

discrimination against

b)

integration of

c)

preferential treatment of

d)

accusations of disloyalty against

35.

Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests and poll taxes that had disqualified many voters.

a)

Brown vs. the Board of Education

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Roe Vs. Wade

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

36.

The most significant legal change after the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. the Board of Education was:

a)

Linda Brown was able to go to the University of Alabama.

b)

Segregation on public transportation was outlawed.

c)

Membership in the KKK escalated violence in retaliation.

d)

The end to legal public school segregation based on the principle of separate but equal schools