5: Civil Rights

Which compromise prohibited slavery north of 36 degrees latitude and fueled a new abolition movement? New Jersey Connecticut Missouri Maine

Which convention was held in 1848 and adopted resolutions demanding the abolition of legal, economic, and social discrimination against women? the Niagara Movement the Seneca Falls Convention the World Pro-Women’s Liberation Society Annual Convention the International Convention on Women’s Suffrage and Other Notable Rights

Which amendment outlawed slavery? Twelfth Fourth Thirteenth Fifteenth

How did southern states extend the franchise to poor whites without extending it to poor blacks? literacy tests Jim Crow laws poll taxes grandfather clauses

African American rights eroded by the late 1870s because _____________. African American rights were no longer a Congressional priority federal troops ensured African Americans could not protest against discrimination the Civil Rights Act of 1875 restricted voting rights for African Americans African Americans refused to vote

The Supreme Court overturned the separate-but-equal doctrine as unconstitutional in _____. Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Education the Dred Scott decision the Civil Rights Cases

Which of the following was a target of the Progressive era reforms? educational inequality poverty labor unions prejudice against African Americans

Susan B. Anthony was primarily concerned with _____. the rights of Mexican Americans the rights of the accused African American suffrage women’s suffrage

During the 1930s, the NAACP’s most successful political strategy was electing numerous candidates to elective office in the south. massive voter registration efforts in the south. a series of lawsuits that slowly led to public education integration. forming their own political party.

The state of Texas tried to address Sweatt’s request for admission to law school by doing which of the following? Sending Sweatt to an out-of-state school Admitting Sweat to the University of Texas School of Law Successfully defending their segregation policy in court Creating a separate law school for African Americans

What sparked the Montgomery bus boycott? the assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. the arrest of Rosa Parks the arrest of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. the assassination of Medgar Evers

How did southern governments respond to Brown v. Board of Education? They replaced de facto segregation with de jure segregation. They eliminated all vestiges of de facto discrimination. They desegregated immediately but begrudgingly. They attempted to avoid and delay implementing the decision.

What was the practical effect of the 1964 Civil Rights Act? authorizing state attorneys general to sue for damages caused by segregation ending discrimination in public accommodations withholding government funds from discriminatory programs eliminating African American suffrage in the South

Which is a women’s rights group founded in the 1960s that encouraged passage of an equal rights amendment to the Constitution and advocated for a broader judicial interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to include gender equality? NOW ERA NAACP SCLC

The Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC) grew out of the _____________. Greensboro sit ins riots following Martin Luther King’s assassination Birmingham violence Montgomery boycotts

The 1887 Dawes Act promoted American Indian ______. voting rights equality assimilation separation

Which of these cases allowed the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II? Korematsu v. U.S. Yick Wo v. Hopkins Tennessee v. Lane Hashimoto v. California

Which of the following has been a recent aid to gays and lesbians in their efforts to achieve equal rights? changes in public opinion the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act the confirmation of the first openly gay Supreme Court justice a shrinking number of openly gay and lesbian Americans

Which of the following groups was instrumental in advocating for the Americans with Disabilities Act? Libertarians business interests war veterans schoolchildren

What did the Supreme Court rule in Hernandez v. Texas? Texas universities must admit Hispanic students Hispanic Americans had a right to have Hispanic Americans on their jury All public schools must admit Hispanic students Texas must equalize education spending

The Supreme Court has decided that laws that discriminate on the basis of certain ______ are entitled to strict scrutiny to determine their constitutionality. intermediate standards rational bases malevolent objectives suspect classifications

Which of the following is the standard of review applied to cases of gender discrimination arising under the Constitution? equal protection rational basis intermediate standard strict scrutiny

Affirmative action is designed to improve equality of _____. skill opportunity achievement result

The strictest test the Court employs in determining constitutionality of an act is __________. due process rational basis intermediate scrutiny strict scrutiny