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WorksheetsCivil Rights Exam Review 2023
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 32mins
Match the following terms and their definitions
segregation
separation of racial groups
boycott
to refuse to buy, use or participate in something as a form of protest
abolished
to end or destroy
equality
to be equal
legislation
another word for law
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was most associated with what?
Members armed themselves and were willing to take necessary means to protect their homes and families
Leaders worked with existing laws to petition the rights of African Americans
Members worked closely with media companies like NBC and CBS to promote their messages
Leaders enforced the use of nonviolence among those engaging in sit-ins and other protest activities
The Black Panthers were most associated with what?
Members armed themselves and were willing to take necessary means to protect their homes and families
Leaders worked with existing laws to petition the rights of African Americans
Members worked closely with media companies like NBC and CBS to promote their messages
Leaders enforced the use of nonviolence among those engaging in sit-ins and other protest activities
What constitutional amendment protects freedom of speech and religion?
the first amendment
the fifth amendment
the eighth amendment
The sixth amendment
What constitutional amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches by the government
the eleventh amendment
the eighth amendment
the twelfth amendment
the fourth amendment
What organization did W.E.B Du Bois found?
The Black Star Steamship Line
The Jim Crow organization
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
The Black Panthers
Which of the following is the best example of a civic responsibility?
Writing an political piece for a newspaper
Volunteering to sell raffle tickets for a county fair
Voting in a federal election
Opening a business
Which Constitutional right was most directly violated by Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 (forced internment of Japanese Americans during WW2)
Freedom of speech (1st amendment)
Right to equal protection (14th amendment)
Right to bear arms (2nd Amendment)
Freedom of religion (1st amendment
What is the Meaning of Inalienable rights?
Rights that cannot be taken away or denied
Rights that change over time
Rights that only governments can provide
Rights that cannot be defined and protected
Act that reduced voter discrimination by eliminated the so-called literacy tests and poll taxes that had disqualified many voters
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Roe Vs. Wade
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The most significant legal change after the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. the Board of Education was:
Linda Brown was able to go to the University of Alabama.
Segregation on public transportation was outlawed.
Membership in the KKK escalated violence in retaliation.
The end to legal public school segregation based on the principle of separate but equal schools
How were these rights addressing suffrage achieved?
By granting citizenship to immigrants
By passing antitrust and antimonopoly legislation
By ratifying new constitutional amendments
By engaging in an international conflict
Which important civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis Tennessee?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcom X
W.E.B. DuBois
Marcus Garvey
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)
What constitutional amendment prohibited discrimination on the bases of gender in voting?
21st amendment
19th amendment
18th amendment
15th amendment
What was the original purpose of Title IX?
providing legal advice to those wrongfully convicted in a court of law
preventing schools and companies from discriminating against girls and women
encouraging companies to pay women more than men
preventing schools and companies from discriminating against boys and men
Match the following reconstruction amendments as rights for former slaves
13th amendment
abolishing slavery
14th amendment
promising equal protection of the law
15th amendment
granting suffrage for African American men
Which of the following means the right to vote?
integration
tariff
Suffrage
segregation
Which of the following expanded protections in hiring decisions for companies?
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Plessy V Ferguson
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Affirmative Action
Match the following Court Cases and with what they established
Plessy V Ferguson
Legally allowed racial segregation
Brown V. Board of Education
Made racial segregation illegal in schools
mendez v westminster
Established segregation of Hispanic Americans was illegal in California schools
Hernandez V Texas
Equal protection of the law applies to Hispanic Americans in Court Cases
Wisconsin v Yoder
Religious freedom is more important than state mandates
Which Civil Rights figure of the Roaring 20s was known for promoting Cultural Pride and economic independence among African Americans?
Malcom X
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr
Marcus Garvey
The passage of (a) opposed the civil rights advances that the (b) amendments had promised during Reconstruction after the Civil War
What did the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) and Women's Christian Temperance Union have in common?
Both wanted social reform
Both wanted to keep the status quo
Both sought to increase environmental protections
Both provided funding for math and science programs in schools
How did Hispanic and Chicano students raise awareness of insufficient educational opportunities in LA schools during the 1960s?
By burning down schools
By starting riots
By staging Walk-outs
By going to local news agencies
Affirmative action rules-
increase the globalization of the economy
increases diversity in companies and colleges
ban elderly Americans from working
prevent monopolies from forming
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.
Match the following constitutional Amendments
15th
Suffrage for African American men
19th
Suffrage for women
17th
Direct election of US senators
26th
Suffrage for 18 year olds
24th
Poll taxes and voting fees are illegal in federal elections
Civil Rights legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed which issue in the photo?
Civil Rights legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed which issue in the photo?
Civil Rights legislation such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 addressed which issue in the photo?
Which trend of the late 1800s and early 1900s is BEST reflected in this photograph of a young native american?
The emphasis on cultural assimilation
the restoration U.S. citizenship to American Indians
The desire to gain new territories
Encouraging the study of American Indian religious practices
How did the rights of Native Americans change in the 1920s?
Providing retirement benefits to American Indians
Establishing private schools for American Indian children
Native Americans were granted citizenship through the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
Guaranteeing jobs for American Indians in urban areas
(a) is the best example of a civil responsibility that an ordinary citizen can do.
What in this photo might be a source of pride for Mexican Americans?
What was the name of the artistic movement of the 1960s that produced cultural pride among Mexican Americans?
United Farm Workers Union
The Chicano Mural Movement
The Harlem Renaissance
Cubism
in 1957, President Eisenhower exercised his federal authority in Little Rock Arkansas in an effort to —
ensure the safety of protesters at lunch counter sit-ins
end the violence directed against the Freedom Riders
enforce a ruling to desegregate public schools
protect citizens from rioting spurred by Ku Klux Klan rallies
Match the following figures with the movement
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
United Farm Worker Union: Fighting for farm worker rights (1962)
Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott: fighting to end segregation on public transportation (1955)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony
The National Woman Suffrage Association: fighting to achieve woman's suffrage (1869)
