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Civil Rights Review 2025

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name given to many of the discriminatory laws that opposed the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th, 15th)?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Declaration of Independence

2.

The effectiveness of ​ (a)   was greatly hurt by various voter suppression and ​ (b)   such as poll taxes and literacy tests.

Choose from the below words

15th Amendment

Jim Crow laws

19th amendment

antitrust acts

3.

Literacy tests & poll taxes were used in the South to keep African Americans from doing what?

a)

voting

b)

serving in the military

c)

moving north

d)

getting an education

4.

The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution states

a)

all citizens have the right to vote

b)

slavery is illegal

c)

all people born in the US are US citizens

d)

no other amendments can be added to the Constitution

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

In 1948 this American President issued an executive order to desegregate the military.

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

13.

Which way for achieving civil rights is most associated with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement?

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

14.

Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP used the legal system and court cases to challenge _________ African Americans. 

a)

discrimination against

b)

integration of

c)

preferential treatment of

d)

accusations of disloyalty against

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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 

19.

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

20.

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

a)

21st amendment

b)

19th amendment

c)

18th amendment

d)

15th amendment

21.

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 universities 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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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)

27.

Betty Freidan, Author of The Feminine

Mystique, stood for what cause?

a)

Animal rights activism

b)

Men's rights and anti-feminism

c)

Equal rights for women

d)

Environmental conservation

28.

Which Domestic Policy of Lyndon Johnson had the goal of achieving Social Equality in the United States?

a)

Great Society program

b)

Vietnam War escalation

c)

Space Race initiative

d)

Medicare program

29.

What historic piece of legislation made the United States "more Free and more Fair" in 1964?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Patriot Act of 1964

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

30.

Which organization worked to improve the lives of Hispanic Migrant Workers in 1966 by advocating for better wages and working conditions?

a)

Samuel Gompers's American Federation of Labor

b)

W.E.B. DuBois's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

c)

Betty Freidan's National Organization for Women (NOW)

d)

Caesar Chavez's United Farm Workers (UFW)

31.

Freedom Rides and Sit-ins were examples of Non-violent Protests with the purpose of -

a)

promoting violence and chaos

b)

maintaining the status quo

c)

bringing awareness to the injustice of segregation

d)

enforcing stricter laws

32.

Aside from making segregation in public schools illegal, the Court Case Brown V Board of Education also -

a)

allowed segregation in private schools

b)

had no impact on segregation in universities

c)

encouraged segregation in other public spaces

d)

provided a judicial basis for achieving equality in other areas

33.

When someone is arrested in the United States, the first thing a police officer must do is read them their rights, which include the "right to remain silent" and "the right to an attorney." What supreme Court case is responsible for this?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Smith v. Maryland

c)

Washington v. Texas

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

34.

How did the Supreme Court Case, Sweat V Painter, effect the outcome of Brown V. Board of Education?

a)

It was not related to the issues addressed in Brown V. Board of Education

b)

It supported the idea of separate but equal facilities being truly equal

c)

It had no impact on the outcome of Brown V. Board of Education

d)

It established the precedent that separate but equal facilities were not truly equal, which influenced the outcome of Brown V. Board of Education.

35.

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

36.

in 1961, John F Kennedy's Executive Order 10925 -

a)

banned government contractors from hiring minorities

b)

required government contractors promote fair employment practices in government agencies

c)

encouraged government contractors to discriminate based on race

d)

had no impact on government contractors' hiring practices

37.

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

38.

Which of the following court cases expanded on the Equal Rights protections outlined by the 14th amendment? Because of this Hispanics are considered a different racial group in the US.

a)

Hernandez v. Texas

b)

Martinez v. Florida

c)

Garcia v. California

d)

Smith v. Jones

39.

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

40.

What was the goal of the Grape boycotts that took place California?

a)

To support the use of pesticides in farming.

b)

To increase grape prices for farmers.

c)

To promote grape consumption among consumers.

d)

To improve working conditions and wages for farmworkers.