Civil Rights
1. In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court
ruled that
(1) states may not secede from the Union
(2) racial segregation was constitutional
(3) slaves are property and may not be taken
from their owners
(4) all western territories should be open to
Slavery
2. The Declaration of Sentiments from the Seneca
Falls Convention of 1848 proclaimed that
(1) the abolition of slavery was necessary
(2) all men and women are created equal
(3) California should be admitted as a free state
(4) the sale of alcoholic beverages should be
Illegal
William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman, and
Harriet Beecher Stowe are best known for their
efforts to
(1) create free public schools
(2) begin the temperance movement
(3) expand the rights of women
(4) oppose the practice of slavery
W. E. B. Du Bois supported is that
(1) African Americans should have increased civil
rights
(2) vocational training was the best approach to
education
(3) immigration was responsible for racial
segregation
(4) Jim Crow laws were needed to help African
Americans
“. . . In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital
to cash a check. When the architects of our
republic wrote the magnificent words of the
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,
they were signing a promissory note to
which every American was to fall heir. This note
was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well
as white men, would be guaranteed the
‘unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty, and the
pursuit of Happiness.’ It is obvious today that
America has defaulted on this promissory note
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.
Instead of honoring this sacred obligation,
America has given the Negro people a bad check,
a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient
funds.’ ”. . .
— Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
38 The focus of this passage from Dr. King’s speech
was his belief that
(1) equal rights for all were guaranteed by the
founders of this nation
(2) Americans had become blind to racial
differences
(3) violence was often necessary for the
protection of civil liberties
(4) civil rights for African Americans would
always be a dream
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any State on account of sex. . . .”
— 19th Amendment, United States Constitution
Which group of women worked for the passage of
this amendment?
(1) Harriet Tubman, Jane Addams, and
Dorothea Dix
(2) Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(3) Madeline Albright, Geraldine Ferraro, and
Sandra Day O’Connor
(4) Clara Barton, Amelia Earhart, and Eleanor
Roosevelt
The Gentlemen’s Agreement, literacy tests, and
the quota system were all attempts by Congress
to restrict
(1) immigration
(2) property ownership
(3) voting rights
(4) access to public education
28 The experiences of African Americans serving in
the military forces during World War II
influenced their postwar decision to
(1) renew support for the principle of separate
but equal
(2) join the armed forces in record numbers
(3) increase efforts to end racial discrimination
(4) move back to the rural south
Which leader founded a vocational training
institution in the late 1800s to improve economic
opportunities for African Americans?
(1) George Washington Carver
(2) Frederick Douglass
(3) W. E. B. Du Bois
(4) Booker T. Washington
Which constitutional principle was tested in the
cases of Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka?
(1) separation of powers
(2) popular sovereignty
(3) equal protection of the law
(4) separation of church and state
Filibusters were used by United States Senators
from the South in the 1950s and 1960s to
(1) block passage of civil rights bills
(2) protest United States involvement in Vietnam
(3) override presidential vetoes of environmental
bills
(4) gain approval of presidential appointments to
the Supreme Court
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 is often
viewed as the beginning of the
(1) temperance movement
(2) women’s rights movement
(3) antislavery movement
(4) Native American Indian movement
According to the map, in which region of the United States did women receive the most
support for equal suffrage before passage of the 19th amendment?
(1) East (3) South
(2) North (4) West
During the civil rights movement of the 1960s,
activities of the Congress of Racial Equality, the
National Urban League, and the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) illustrated that
(1) all civil rights groups use the same tactics
(2) different approaches can be used to achieve a
common goal
(3) organizational differences usually lead to
failure
(4) violence is the best tool for achieving social
Change
In 1954, the Supreme Court decision in Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka advanced the civil
rights movement by
(1) guaranteeing equal voting rights to African
Americans
(2) banning racial segregation in hotels and
restaurants
(3) declaring that racial segregation in public
schools violated the 14th amendment
(4) upholding the principle of separate but equal
public facilities
. . . Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey
them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and
obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we
transgress them at once? . . .
— Henry David Thoreau, 1849
. . . But the great glory of American democracy is
the right to protest for right. My friends, don’t let
anybody make us feel that we [are] to be
compared in our actions with the Ku Klux Klan or
with the White Citizens Council. There will be
no crosses burned at any bus stops in
Montgomery. There will be no white persons
pulled out of their homes and taken out on some
distant road and lynched for not cooperating.
There will be nobody amid, among us who will
stand up and defy the Constitution of this nation.
We only assemble here because of our desire to
see right exist. . . .
— Martin Luther King, Jr., December 1955
43 Which statement most accurately summarizes the
main idea of these quotations?
(1) Revolution is inevitable in a democratic
society.
(2) Government consistently protects the
freedom and dignity of all its citizens.
(3) Violence is the most effective form of protest.
(4) Civil disobedience is sometimes necessary to
bring about change.
This poster was used during the
(1) abolitionist movement
(2) woman’s suffrage movement
(3) civil rights movement
(4) environmental movement
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any State on account of race, color, or
previous condition of servitude. . . .”
— 15th Amendment, Section 1, United States
Constitution, 1870
Which actions did Southern States take to keep
African Americans from exercising the rights
guaranteed in this amendment?
(1) suspending habeas corpus and denying
women the right to vote
(2) collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy
tests
(3) establishing religious and property-holding
requirements for voting
(4) passing Black Codes and establishing
segregated schools
12 The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v.
Ferguson (1896) had a major impact on the lives
of African Americans because it ruled that
(1) segregation was illegal in educational
institutions
(2) voting was a right guaranteed by the
Constitution
(3) separate but equal public facilities were legal
(4) military occupation of the South was
Unconstitutional
Which strategy did African-American students
use when they refused to leave a “whites only”
lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in
1960?
(1) economic boycott
(2) hunger strike
(3) petition drive
(4) civil disobedience
Information provided by the map most clearly
supports the conclusion that by 1964 racial
desegregation of Southern schools was
(1) failing in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, and
West Virginia
(2) supported by most voters in the South
(3) occurring at different rates in Southern states
(4) completed by the mid-1960s
42 The school desegregation that is shown on the
map was most affected by the
(1) decline of the Ku Klux Klan
(2) passage of the equal rights amendment
(3) expansion of voting rights for African
Americans
(4) decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was mainly
concerned with
(1) ending slavery in all the states
(2) reducing consumption of alcoholic beverages
(3) improving treatment of the mentally ill
(4) expanding women’s rights
In the South, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the
1870s and 1880s led directly to the
(1) racial integration of public schools
(2) decline of the Democratic party
(3) organization of the Ku Klux Klan
(4) segregation of public facilities
In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent
federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to
(1) protect civil rights marchers
(2) help African Americans register to vote
(3) enforce a Supreme Court decision to
desegregate public schools
(4) end race riots resulting from a bus boycott
What was the decision of the Supreme Court in
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
(1) Black Codes were unconstitutional.
(2) The citizenship principle established in Dred
Scott v. Sanford was repealed.
(3) The 15th amendment failed to guarantee the
right to vote to all males.
(4) Racial segregation did not violate the equal
protection provision of the 14th amendment.
Base your answer to question 23 on the speakers’
statements below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
Speaker A: It is more important now to focus on
vocational training and economic
opportunities than on removing
obstacles to social equality for African
Americans.
Speaker B: The Constitution is color-blind and
recognizes no superior class in this
country. All citizens are equal before the
law.
Speaker C: The American Negro [African
American] must focus on the
achievement of three goals: higher
education, full political participation,
and continued support for civil rights.
Speaker D: African Americans should return home
to Africa to establish their own
independent nation free from white
control.
During the early 1900s, reform leaders tried to
advance the goals of Speaker C by
(1) supporting passage of Jim Crow laws
(2) forming the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
(3) avoiding attempts to overturn racial segregation
in the courts
(4) creating the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
In 1948, President Harry Truman showed his
support for civil rights by issuing an executive
order to
(1) end the immigration quota system
(2) assure equal status for women in military
service
(3) ban racial segregation in the military
(4) guarantee jobs for Native American Indians
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was intended to end
(1) loyalty oaths for federal employees
(2) affirmative action programs in education
(3) unfair treatment of the elderly
(4) discrimination based on race or sex
A major goal of the women’s movement over the
past twenty years has been to gain
(1) full property rights
(2) the right to vote
(3) equal economic opportunity
(4) better access to Social Security