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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
a)
attempted to ensure African American votes would not be diluted through gerrymandering
b)
prohibited state governments from denying citizens the right to vote
c)
required some states to get changes to their voting laws approved by Congress
d)
all of these answers are correct
2.
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
a)
prohibited literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
b)
prohibited racial discrimination in employment and public accommodations
c)
attempted to prevent racial gerrymandering
d)
ended an FBI program (COINTELPRO) used to spy on and break up citizen organizations
3.
What did the Nineteenth Amendment do?
a)
extended citizenship to all people born in the United States
b)
granted all men the right to vote
c)
started the Prohibition
d)
granted women the right to vote
4.

Which amendment abolished slavery?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

13

d)

15

5.

Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

19

6.

which amendment protects you against unreasonable search and seizure?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

8

d)

10

7.

Which court case ruled the separation of races does not violated the Constitution?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Bakke v. California

8.

Which amendment states you are have a right to a attorney and a fair and speedy trail?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

6

d)

10

9.

What is the term refers to what the government must do as far as ensuring equal protection and freedom from discrimination?

a)

civil rights

b)

civil liberties

c)

civil air patrol

d)

civil actions

10.

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?

a)

establishment

b)

due process

c)

enurmerated

d)

supremacy

11.

What is the name for the laws that discriminated against people because of their race?

a)

Southern

b)

Slavery

c)

Jim Crow

d)

Integration

12.

"Unreasonable Search and Seizure" is protected by which amendment?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

8

13.
What did the court case Brown vs Board of Ed establish?
a)
Public buses could not discriminate.
b)
Segregation is not legal in theaters and hotels.
c)
Public schools could not segregate.
d)
All-black schools must be equal to all-white schools.
14.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
15.
Which Amendment prohibits charging a person a poll tax before they vote?
a)
Amendment 24
b)
Amendment 4
c)
Amendment 10
d)
Amendment 1
16.
Which amendment gave people 18+ the right to vote? 
a)
Amendment 1
b)
Amendment 26
c)
Amendment 5
d)
Amendment 9
17.
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Match the following

a)

13th Amendment

1.

abolished slavery

b)

14th Amendment

2.

all persons born or naturalized in U.S. were entitled equal rights

c)

15th Amendment

3.

gave people right to vote regardless of race

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

4.

Allowed "separate but equal" facilities.

e)

Brown v. Board of Education

5.

Ended segregation in public schools

18.

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.

Choose from the below words
Truman
inauguration
desegregate
Eisenhower
election
segregate
19.
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Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...

a)

Rosa Parks

1.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Little Rock Nine

2.

Integration in Little Rock H.S.

c)

Freedom Riders

3.

civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

d)

Herman Sweatt

4.

Black law student who challenged UT LAW

e)

Jackie Robinson

5.

first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB

20.

The creation of this card was a result of which Civil Liberties case?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Gitlow v. New York

21.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to

a)

make most rights contained in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states

b)

prevent states from taxing agencies of the federal government

22.

This card is an example of...

a)

Due Process

b)

Habeus Corpus

23.

States must provide poor defendants with an attorney to guarantee a fair trial, was an impact of...

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Gideon v. Wainright

24.

Students in public schools are allowed to wear armbands as symbolic speech.

a)

Tinker v. DesMoines

b)

Gideon v. Wainright

25.

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

a)

WAC

b)

HUAC

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

26.

What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Prohibition

c)

NAACP

d)

Harlem Renaissance

27.

What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment?

a)

Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities

b)

Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities

28.

Civil Liberties are

a)

constitutional protections from improper government action

b)

promises of the government to guarantee equal citizenship and to protect citizens from discrimination