civil rights

Question 1

Civil Rights

Answer 1

Freedoms guaranteed by the

constitution

Question 2

Dissent

Answer 2

Protest or speaking out against people

in charge, rules, or laws

Question 3

Civil Disobedience

Answer 3

breaking a law as a form of protest
because you believe it is wrong
• a form of dissent

Question 4

Institutionalized

Answer 4

Official policy from the Govt. of a business

Question 5

Discrimination

Answer 5

Treating a group of people unfairly

because they are a member of that group:

Question 6

Segregation

Answer 6

dividing people based on race

Question 7

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 7

Southern laws enforcing segregation

Question 8

Poll Tax

Answer 8

a tax someone had to pay before they
could vote
• used to keep minorities from voting in
the south

Question 9

Literacy Test

Answer 9

a complicated test that people had to
pass to before they were allowed to vote
• used to keep minorities from voting in the
south

Question 10

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 10

said segregation was ok
• you can have separate facilities as long
as they are equal
• “separate but equal”

Question 11

Redress

Answer 11

v. setting things right
• n. remedy or compensation for
wrongdoing

Question 12

Brown v. Board of

Education

Answer 12

ended segregation in public schools
• overturned Plessy v Ferguson
• said school segregation violates the equal
protection clause of the 14th Amendment

Question 13

Quota

Answer 13

a number that must be met

Question 14

Affirmative Action

Answer 14

trying to overcome past racism by
encouraging diversity in a workplace or
school admissions

Question 15

University of California

Regents v. Bakke

Answer 15

said cannot use racial quotas for
admissions to colleges
• you can use race as A factor however
• allowed limited affirmative action

Question 16

1st Amendment

Answer 16

freedom of religion
• freedom to protest (or petition)
• freedom to assemble
• freedom of the press
• freedom of religion

Question 17

13th Amendment

Answer 17

Ended slavery

Question 18

14th Amendment

Answer 18

If you are born in the U.S. you’re a citizen
• All citizens are guaranteed equal protection
under the law (this is called the “equal
protection clause”)

Question 19

15th Amendment

Answer 19

states cannot deny the right to vote

based on race

Question 20

1964 Civil Rights Act

Answer 20

• banned racial and sex discrimination in
public places (ended Jim Crow laws)
• banned racial and sex discrimination in
hiring

Question 21

1965 Voting Rights Act

Answer 21

banned poll taxes as a requirement for
voting
• banned literacy tests as a requirement
for voting
• created federal government oversight
for states with a poor civil rights record

Question 22

26th Amendment

Answer 22

said citizens can vote at 18 years old

Question 23

N.O.W.

Answer 23

National Organization for Women

• fights to end sex discrimination

Question 24

Migrant Workers

Answer 24

Low-paid Immigrant farm labourers
• Move around from farm to farm, season to
season
• Usually Latin-American
• Often undocumented

Question 25

UFW

Answer 25

United farm workers
• Worked to improve conditions for migrant
farm workers

Question 26

AIM

Answer 26

American Indian Movement
• Works to protect the rights of American
Indians