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WorksheetsCivil Right & Civil Liberties
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which amendment gives you the right to bear arms?
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Which amendment abolished slavery?
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Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?
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10
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What is the name for the first ten amendments?
Consitution
Preamble
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
which amendment protects you against unreasonable search and seizure?
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Which court case ruled the separation of races does not violated the Constitution?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
Bakke v. California
All of the following are considering barriers for African Americans to vote EXCEPT
blood test
poll tax
literacy test
white primaries
Which amendment states you are have a right to a attorney and a fair and speedy trail?
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Which court case is responsible for public schools segregation of races violating the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Fergusion
Mapp v. Ohio
Bush v, Gore
What is the term refers to what the government must do as far as ensuring equal protection and freedom from discrimination?
civil rights
civil liberties
civil air patrol
civil actions
What term states that no state can deny basic rights to its people and must act fairly according to the law, per the 14th amendment?
establishment
due process
enurmerated
supremacy
What is the name for the laws that discriminated against people because of their race?
Southern
Slavery
Jim Crow
Integration
"Unreasonable Search and Seizure" is protected by which amendment?
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13th Amendment
abolished slavery
14th Amendment
all persons born or naturalized in U.S. were entitled equal rights
15th Amendment
gave people right to vote regardless of race
Plessy v. Ferguson
Allowed "separate but equal" facilities.
Brown v. Board of Education
Ended segregation in public schools
President (a) proposed civil rights legislation to congress but it did not pass, so when he got re-elected, he demanded his (b) to be integrated (mixed). He also issued executive orders to (c) the armed forces.
The NAACP is an organization that...
Challenged the separate but equal doctrine in the American court system
Fights to win racial inequality by challenging the law and fighting for changes in the constitution
stands for "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
A and C
All of the Above
Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...
Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine
Integration in Little Rock H.S.
Freedom Riders
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States
Herman Sweatt
Black law student who challenged UT LAW
Jackie Robinson
first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB
How did Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) cancel Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)? Did it end ALL racism and segregation? If it didn't, what lead the change to end racism and segregation in America?
Write in complete sentences.
The creation of this card was a result of which Civil Liberties case?
Miranda v. Arizona
Gitlow v. New York
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to
make most rights contained in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states
prevent states from taxing agencies of the federal government
This card is an example of...
Due Process
Habeus Corpus
The Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v. Chicago (2010) that a citizen’s right to...
keep and bear arms at home for self-defense
eat happy meals
practice their religion in public schools
In Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court declared that
evidence seized during an illegal search cannot be used in court
police must inform criminal suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning suspects after arrest
Which of the following cases decided whether a state could compel children to attend school beyond eighth grade even if it violated the students’ sincerely held religious beliefs?
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
US v Lopez (1995)
A group unhappy with local law enforcement distributes a memo to members encouraging physical confrontations with police officers. The leaders of the group are promptly arrested. Which of the following Supreme Court cases best justifies the actions taken by law enforcement in this scenario?
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
In Engel v. Vitale (1962), which of the following provides the legal reasoning behind the Supreme Court’s ruling?
It ruled that the state had no justifiable interest to compel (force) students to listen to a nondenominational prayer led by public school teachers, finding a clear establishment clause violation.
It rejected the student complaint, as public school students have no free exercise rights in school.
States must provide poor defendants with an attorney to guarantee a fair trial, was an impact of...
Tinker v. Des Moines
Gideon v. Wainright
Students in public schools are allowed to wear armbands as symbolic speech.
Tinker v. DesMoines
Gideon v. Wainright
What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?
Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.
Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism
OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA
Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty
What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?
Guzman V. School
Brown V. Board of Education
Miranda V. Arizona
Plessy V. Ferguson
Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ceaser Chavez
What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?
WAC
HUAC
NAACP
SNCC
What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?
Great Migration
Prohibition
NAACP
Harlem Renaissance
During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?
Tuskegee Airmen
Little Rock Nine
Atomic Bombs
Flying Tigers
What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?
March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black Panthers
Mass Support Demonstrations
Little Rock Nine
What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment?
Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities
Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities
What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?
Sit-in
Boycotts
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
Civil Rights are...
constitutional protections from improper government action
promises of the government to guarantee equal citizenship and to protect citizens from discrimination
Civil Liberties are
constitutional protections from improper government action
promises of the government to guarantee equal citizenship and to protect citizens from discrimination
