WorksheetsKey court cases in Civil Rights
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated –
Barriers to voting for women
Proof of residency as a condition for voting
Age discrimination in state voting laws
Literacy tests as prerequisites for voting
There was a growth in political engagement by minorities with the passage of legislation to end-
Literacy tests, voter intimidation, and gerrymandering
Poll taxes, sit-ins, and freedom rides
Labor unions, marches, and protests
Literacy tests, integration, and desegregation
Court case declared that separate black and white public schools to be unconstitutional.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Tinker v. Des Moines
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Which event marked the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in the United States?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The March on Washington
Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights of 1964?
Letter F: “United States Environmental Protection Agency
Letter G: “Access for All”
Letter H: “Employment Discrimination is Illegal”
Letter J: “U.S. Department of Transportation"
Which governmental action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?
The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter
The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 most directly affect African Americans?
It granted them the right to vote in all public elections
It removed obstacles that made it difficult for them to vote
It increased their representation in the House of Representatives
It transformed the intent of the Fifteenth Amendment
The federal government responded to which issue by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Unfair lending practices by banks
Unequal representation in local legislatures
Inadequate medical services in urban areas
Discrimination by employers
Hernandez v. Texas determined that...
Mexican Americans had equal protection under the law
Mexican Americans could have a jury of their peers
Schools had to change financing policies.
Segregation was illegal.
The Bracero program
made US companies treat guest workers the same as American workers
allowed small manufacturers and farmers to benefit from the program
was a great program with no problems
was a program put into place in Mexico to help the revolution.
The verdict was that abortion is legal in the first three months.
Roe v. Wade
Miranda v. Arizona
Munn v. Illinois
Tinker v. Des Moines
A district court ruled that a Texas school district must stop the segregation of Mexican children in schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
Mendez v. Westminster school district
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
Bush v. Gore
The court's verdict was that a black man must be allowed to go to a law school with white students.
Hernandez v. Texas
Sweatt v. Painter
Munn v. Illinois
Schenck v. United States
