PON 11 HIS Quiz 1
Understanding American Civil Rights History
Test your knowledge of the pivotal moments and legislation in American civil rights history with our engaging quiz! From the end of slavery to desegregation, this quiz covers essential events that shaped the fight for equality.
Key points include:
- The impact of landmark Supreme Court cases
- The evolution of laws regarding race and education
- Significant dates and events that transformed society
Which year did the US Civil War end, also ending slavery?
1964
1865
1864
1866
What happened on 17th May 1954?
Emmett Till's funeral
The Supreme Court gave its Brown vs. Board of Education verdict
The first White Citizens Council meeting was held
Schools were desegregated
Federal laws refer to laws that...
Apply to just one state
Apply to the whole country
Are unconstitutional
Are made by the Supreme Court
When Chief Justice Earl Warren said "in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place," he was referring an earlier Supreme Court case that established a precedent used for decades to justify segregation. What was that case?
Brown vs. Board
Brown vs. Plessy
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Thurgood vs. Marshall
When did the Supreme Court ruled established the 'separate but equal' doctrine that allowed for lawful segregation?
1896
1886
1892
1898
Which amendment to the US Constitution stated that all (male) citizens could vote regardless of race?
12th
13th
14th
15th
NAACP lawyers argued that public school segregation prevented black American children from receiving equal treatment under the law. Which constitutional amendment were they referring to?
12th
13th
14th
15th
Which of these things was NOT an activity of White Citizens Councils?
Publishing a newsletter to spread their ideas
Threatening activists with job loss or eviction
Boycotting black owned businesses
Signing petitions in support of desegregation
Slavery existed in America for nearly...
100 years
250 years
150 years
400 years
The laws states made to segregate public facilities and restrict the freedoms of black Americans were called what?
Jim Crow laws
Federal laws
Plessy Ferguson laws
Slave codes
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