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2023 Civil Rights STAAR Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lyndon Johnson's Great Society pograms were focused on

a)

Increasing taxes

b)

Privatizing education

c)

Expanding voting rights

d)

Fighting social inequality

2.

Overturned by Brown v. Board of Education, the 'separate but equal' precedent was originally set by this "messy" case.

a)

Sweatt v. Painter

b)

Hernandez v. Texas

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

3.

Dolores Huerta is perhaps most known for

a)

Armed resistance protests

b)

Securing better working conditions for farmers

c)

Fighting against public segregation against farmworkers

d)

Seizing corporate farmland to protest discrimination against farmworkers

4.

The nineteenth amendment and the civil rights act of 1965 are both similar in that they addresed

a)

judicial review

b)

poll taxes and literacy tests

c)

suffrage rights for minority groups

d)

lowering the voting age

5.

Which practice was eliminated with the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

a)

Providing proof of employment

b)

Proving property ownership

c)

Passing literacy tests

d)

Taking religious tests

6.

How did President Eisenhower repond to the Little Rock Crisis?

a)

Sending soldiers to Arkansas to enforce desegregation

b)

Closing schools in Arkansas until desegregation was achieved

c)

Declaring school segregation to be a state-level decision

d)

By firing public school teachers who supported segregation

7.

African-Americans were first granted to right to vote due to

a)

Nativist policies

b)

Ratification of the 15th Amendment

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Social Darwinism

8.

How did the Black Panther Party's tactics differ from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s?

a)

The Black Panther Party focused attention only on issues in the South

b)

The Black Panther Party believed in achieved equal voting rights for all

c)

The Black Panther Party advocated militant action

d)

The Black Panther party worked willingly with governmetn officials

9.

Prior to Brown v. Board of Education integrating schools nationwide, what other case integrated schools in California

a)

Mendez v. Wesminster

b)

Sweatt v. Painter

c)

Delgado v. Bastrop

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

10.

How did MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech affect US politics?

a)

By increasing pressure on political leaders to form new minority-based political parties

b)

By persuading political leaders to introduce literacy tests for voting

c)

By persuading political leaders to ratify an amendment that extends voting rights to women

d)

By increasing pressure on political leaders to pass federal civil rights legislation

11.

Which of these was a goal of the Ku Klux Klan?

a)

To prevent governmetn from passing voter registration laws

b)

To warn people about voting fraud

c)

To prevent racial minorities form participating in government

d)

To protest the use of literacy tests

12.

What did the federal governmetn do to address the social injustice shown in this picture?

a)

Enforced the Wisconsin v. Yoder decision protecting First Amendment rights

b)

Established the Congress of Racial Equality to promote voting rights

c)

Passed civil rights legislation banning segregation in public areas

d)

Issued an executive order prohibiting limits on interstate migration

13.

What is one way the Civil Rights movement impacted the United States?

a)

By increasing diversity in the workplace

b)

By leading to the creation of a national health care system

c)

By increasing the globalization of the economy

d)

By leading to the passage of antitrust laws

14.

During the late 1960s, Mexican American students in Los Angeles participated in the Chicano movement by organizing school walkouts. What was the primary goal of these walkouts?

a)

Ending the use of poll taxes

b)

Raising awareness of insufficient educational opportunities

c)

Protesting the rising cost of college education

d)

Supporting th epassage of a minimum wage law.

15.

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was created for the primary purpose of:

a)

Enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination

b)

Integrating public schools

c)

Enforcing privacy protections

d)

Integrating the armed forces

16.

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendmnets adressed

a)

Rights for women

b)

Readmission to the Union for Souther States

c)

Rights for former slaves

d)

Presidential impeachment proceedings

17.

True or False? As a result of the Civil Rights movement, there is greater representation for mionrities in public service today compared to the 1950s.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Murals such as these

a)

Expressed the artistic style of the Beat Generation

b)

Were commissioned by the federal government

c)

Is an example of cultural pride among Mexican Americans

d)

Were New Deal projects to provide work for the unemployed

19.

Which method for achieving civil rights is most associated with MLK, Jr.?

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

20.

Executive Order 9981 declared that there would be "equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services," in an effort to

a)

Increase funding for veteran pensions

b)

Boos enlistment rates

c)

Prevent discrimination against minority service members

d)

Repeal the draft

21.

How did Brown v Board of Education decision influence the Civil Rights movement?

a)

By discouraging activists from relying on the judicial system

b)

By guaranteeing scholarships to minority college students

c)

By providing a judicial basis for achieving equality in other areas

d)

By eliminating social barriers assocaited with hiring practices

22.

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

a)

A principal refusing to organize athletic events for female sports teams

b)

Funding music programs

c)

Organizing charity basketball games for faculty and students

d)

Staffing for a foreign language class being reduced due to lack of interest

23.

Which of the following was a direct result of the civil rights movement?

a)

An increase in respect for suburban housewives

b)

Increased political participation by minority groups

c)

The revitalization of inner cities

d)

Increased migration to rural areas

24.

Why did Chicano migrant workers establish the United Farm Workers

a)

To exert influence on foreign policy

b)

TO obtain fair wages and improve labor conditions

c)

To attain the right to vote in federal elections

d)

To change citizenship requirements

25.

Which government action was intended to esnure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment Rights?

a)

Sweatt v. Painter

b)

The desegregation of the armed forces

c)

Passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

26.

Which organization is most associated with using necessary means to defend themselves, their community, and using armed resisteance to achieve equality?

a)

Nation of Islam

b)

Black Panther Party

c)

Congress of Racial Equality

d)

NAACP

27.

A part of Johnson's Great Society, HUD and Medicare ----

(select two answers)

a)

Created affordable housing

b)

Provided health insurance for senior citizens

c)

Enforced equal access to public education

d)

Increased volunteers for community projects

28.

Rosa Parks is most known for her contributions to the Civl Rights movement by

a)

changing the way police interact with protesters

b)

Leading a bus boycott that lasted over a year

c)

Helping to increase the number of registered voters in the south

d)

Prompting the government to station the national guard in the south

29.

How did the Food Stamp Act, Housing and Urban Development, and the Child Nutrition Act impact society?

a)

They regulated cabinet-level agencies

b)

The established federal guarantees of income

c)

They limited government expenditures

d)

The created programs to alleviate poverty

30.

While MLK called for civil disobedience, the Black Panterhs supported

a)

Using the judicial system to gain equality

b)

Respecting government authority

c)

Using armed resistance when necessary

d)

Enduring injustice through religious faith

31.

The federal government responded to which issue by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

Unfair lending practices by banks

b)

Unequal representation in local legislatures

c)

Inadequate medical services in urban areas

d)

Discrimination by employers

32.

Which court case most impacted the rights of criminal suspects upon being arrested?

a)

Plessy v. Arizona

b)

Hernandez v. Texas

c)

Sweatt v. Painter

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

33.

Who is most known for organizing an economic boycott to improve working conditions for migrant farmers?

a)

Cesar Chavez

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Betty Friedan

34.

Which lawer and Supreme Court Justice is most associated with overturning segregation in public schools?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Medgar Evers

d)

Marcus Garvey

35.

What role did Arkansas governor Orval Faubus play in the Little Rock Crisis?

a)

He vetoed legislation to establish a separate school system for whites and blacks

b)

He challenged the authority of the federal government to desegregate schools

c)

He helped minimize reace-related violence by establishing integrated advisory groups

d)

He refused assistance from the federal government to improve minority graduation rates

36.

The Voting Rights Act eliminated

a)

barriers to voting for women

b)

literacy tests as prerequisites for voting

c)

proof of residency as a condition for voting

d)

age discrimination in state voting laws