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Civil Rights Exam Review 2023

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following terms and their definitions

a)

segregation

1.

separation of racial groups

b)

boycott

2.

to refuse to buy, use or participate in something as a form of protest

c)

abolished

3.

to end or destroy

d)

equality

4.

to be equal

e)

legislation

5.

another word for law

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

Which Constitutional right was most directly violated by Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 (forced internment of Japanese Americans during WW2)

a)

Freedom of speech (1st amendment)

b)

Right to equal protection (14th amendment)

c)

Right to bear arms (2nd Amendment)

d)

Freedom of religion (1st amendment

9.

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

10.

Act that reduced voter discrimination by 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

11.

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 

12.

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

13.

Which important civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis Tennessee?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcom X

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Marcus Garvey

14.

The name of the first woman appionted to the supreme court was ​ (a)   and the First African American appointed to the Supreme Court was ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
Sandra Day O'Connor
Thurgood Marshall
Betty Friedan
W.E.B. DuBois
15.

What constitutional amendment prohibited discrimination on the bases of gender in voting?

a)

21st amendment

b)

19th amendment

c)

18th amendment

d)

15th amendment

16.

What was the original purpose of Title IX?

a)

providing legal advice to those wrongfully convicted in a court of law

b)

preventing schools and companies from discriminating against girls and women

c)

encouraging companies to pay women more than men

d)

preventing schools and companies from discriminating against boys and men

17.

Match the following reconstruction amendments as rights for former slaves

a)

13th amendment

1.

abolishing slavery

b)

14th amendment

2.

promising equal protection of the law

c)

15th amendment

3.

granting suffrage for African American men

18.

Which of the following means the right to vote?

a)

integration

b)

tariff

c)

Suffrage

d)

segregation

19.

Which of the following expanded protections in hiring decisions for companies?

a)

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

b)

Plessy V Ferguson

c)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

Affirmative Action

20.

Match the following Court Cases and with what they established

a)

Plessy V Ferguson

1.

Legally allowed racial segregation

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

2.

Made racial segregation illegal in schools

c)

mendez v westminster

3.

Established segregation of Hispanic Americans was illegal in California schools

d)

Hernandez V Texas

4.

Equal protection of the law applies to Hispanic Americans in Court Cases

e)

Wisconsin v Yoder

5.

Religious freedom is more important than state mandates

21.

Which Civil Rights figure of the Roaring 20s was known for promoting Cultural Pride and economic independence among African Americans?

a)

Malcom X

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Martin Luther King Jr

d)

Marcus Garvey

22.

The passage of ​ (a)   opposed the civil rights advances that the ​ (b)   amendments had promised during Reconstruction after the Civil War

Choose from the below words
Jim Crow Laws
13th, 14th, and 15th
antitrust legislation
temperance laws
18th and 21st
23.

What did the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) and Women's Christian Temperance Union have in common?

a)

Both wanted social reform

b)

Both wanted to keep the status quo

c)

Both sought to increase environmental protections

d)

Both provided funding for math and science programs in schools

24.

How did Hispanic and Chicano students raise awareness of insufficient educational opportunities in LA schools during the 1960s?

a)

By burning down schools

b)

By starting riots

c)

By staging Walk-outs

d)

By going to local news agencies

25.

Affirmative action rules-

a)

increase the globalization of the economy

b)

increases diversity in companies and colleges

c)

ban elderly Americans from working

d)

prevent monopolies from forming

26.

Following the ​ (a)   many African Americans who left the Rural South now lived in the Urban North. During the roaring 20s a new cultural and political movement would emerge, known as the ​ (b)   ​ which would celebrate black art, music, and literature.

Choose from the below words
great migration
Harlem Renaissance
great immigration
cubism
27.

Match the following constitutional Amendments

a)

15th

1.

Suffrage for African American men

b)

19th

2.

Suffrage for women

c)

17th

3.

Direct election of US senators

d)

26th

4.

Suffrage for 18 year olds

e)

24th

5.

Poll taxes and voting fees are illegal in federal elections

28.

Civil Rights legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed which issue in the photo?

29.

Civil Rights legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed which issue in the photo?

30.

Civil Rights legislation such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 addressed which issue in the photo?

31.

Which trend of the late 1800s and early 1900s is BEST reflected in this photograph of a young native american?

a)

The emphasis on cultural assimilation

b)

the restoration U.S. citizenship to American Indians

c)

The desire to gain new territories

d)

Encouraging the study of American Indian religious practices

32.

How did the rights of Native Americans change in the 1920s?

a)

Providing retirement benefits to American Indians

b)

Establishing private schools for American Indian children

c)

Native Americans were granted citizenship through the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

d)

Guaranteeing jobs for American Indians in urban areas

33.

​ (a)   is the best example of a civil responsibility that an ordinary citizen can do.

Choose from the below words
Voting in an election
volunteering at church
starting your own business
getting a college degree
34.

What in this photo might be a source of pride for Mexican Americans?

35.

What was the name of the artistic movement of the 1960s that produced cultural pride among Mexican Americans?

a)

United Farm Workers Union

b)

The Chicano Mural Movement

c)

The Harlem Renaissance

d)

Cubism

36.

in 1957, President Eisenhower exercised his federal authority in Little Rock Arkansas in an effort to —

a)

ensure the safety of protesters at lunch counter sit-ins

b)

end the violence directed against the Freedom Riders

c)

enforce a ruling to desegregate public schools

d)

protect citizens from rioting spurred by Ku Klux Klan rallies

37.

Match the following figures with the movement

a)

Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

1.

United Farm Worker Union: Fighting for farm worker rights (1962)

b)

Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks

2.

Montgomery Bus Boycott: fighting to end segregation on public transportation (1955)

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony

3.

The National Woman Suffrage Association: fighting to achieve woman's suffrage (1869)