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Civil Rights Review Game

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The group NOW (National Organization for Women) and Betty Friedan fought against ___________.

a)

gender discrimination

b)

political representation

c)

foreign policy

d)

states rights

2.

Title IX created ________.

a)

political rights to be distributed amongst men

b)

more economic investments for low income families

c)

equal opportunities for both genders, especially in athletics and education

d)

the need for an oversight committee to establish rules for bank loans

3.

The important Civil Rights Act of 1964 calls for __________.

a)

the end of discrimination in public areas

b)

the integration of religious and state facilities

c)

Jim Crows to continue

d)

None of the above

4.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited ________.

a)

any barriers to voting such as literacy tests and poll taxes

b)

the government to conduct surveillance of polling sites

c)

voters from seeing early drafts of ballot cards

d)

poll workers from handing out reference materials to help voters read their ballots

5.

Thurgood Marshall was famously known for...

a)

Being a speaker and nonviolent activist during the civil rights era

b)

Sitting on a diner counter seat until being served in a whites only restaurant

c)

the NAACP's top lawyer who worked on many cases to help right civil rights laws

6.

The man known for advocating for non-vilent protests, civil disobedience against unjust laws, and speeches of wanting ALL Americans to live together

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Martin Luther King Jr

d)

Malcolm X

7.

Which court case declared that segregation was constitutional?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Schenck v. United States

8.

Lyndon Johnson's plan for improving America and tackling poverty was called the...

a)

New Frontier

b)

Fair Deal

c)

Great Society

d)

New Deal

9.

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

a)

19th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

10.

This amendment abolished (ended) slavery

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

11.

active effort to improve employment or educational opportunities for members of minority groups and for women

a)

HUD

b)

Equal Pay Act

c)

Affirmative Action

d)

Title IX

12.

AIM - organization founded in Minnesota for Native Americans

a)

American Irish Movement

b)

Indian American Movement

c)

American Native Movement

d)

American Indian Movement

13.

Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the 14th Amendment applied to all racial and ethnic groups facing discrimination -

a)

Hernandez V. Texas

b)

Sweatt V. Painter

c)

Plessy V. Ferguson

d)

Miranda V. Arizona

14.

Helped establish the precedent that "seperate but equal" education and other services was not equal at all -

a)

Plessy V. Ferguson

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Sweatt V. Painter

d)

Hernandez V. Texas

15.

Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

a)

Sweatt V. Painter

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Plessy V. Ferguson

d)

Hernandez V. Texas

16.

Laws created after Reconstruction to enforce segragation in public places -

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Black Codes

c)

Jim Pigeon Laws

d)

KKK Code

17.

This Amendment guaranteed African Americans the right to vote -

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

18.

This Amendment made African Americans citizens guaranteed equal protection under the law -

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

19.

What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Spain

20.

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?

a)

Gulf of Thailand

b)

Gulf of Tonkin

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

South China Sea

21.

1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet

a)

Operation Rolling Thunder

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Kent State University

22.

Protests over military missions in Cambodia resulted in confrontation between protestors and police, with four students killed on May 4, 1970

a)

Kent State University

b)

Vietnamization

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Viet Cong