Module 16 Lesson 41 Flashcards
Which piece of legislation fought to bring an end to the efforts of many southern whites to disenfranchise African Americans through the use of Jim Crow laws such as literacy tests, the grandfather clause, and the poll tax? Select the one correct answer.
A. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
B. Title IX of the Education Amendments
C. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
D. The Equal Rights Amendment
A. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Which of the following amendments provided suffrage rights to women in the United States? Select the one correct answer.
A. The Fifteenth Amendment
B. The Fourteenth Amendment
C. The Thirteenth Amendment
D. The Nineteenth Amendment
D. The Nineteenth Amendment
How did the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments impact education in the United States? Select the one correct answer.
A. Title IX mandated that equal treatment for all, regardless of sex, be added to the U.S. Constitution.
B. Title IX prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in public education institutions that receive federal funds.
C. Title IX mandated that racial segregation in public schools come to an end.
D. Title IX mandated the public schools explain why they treated genders differently in order to continue to receive federal funds.
B. Title IX prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in public education institutions that receive federal funds.
The Civil War Amendments (the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments) were not enough to prevent discrimination against people of color, particularly in the South. As a result, what other pieces of legislation were passed by the federal government to prevent discrimination? Select the two correct answers.
A. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
B. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
C. The Equal Rights Amendment
D. The Equal Protection Clause
A. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
B. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
What are some of the modern-day issues involving women and the expansion of individual rights? Select the three correct answers.
A. Equal pay
B. Education rights
C. Reproductive rights
D. Segregation in public schools
A. Equal pay
B. Education rights
C. Reproductive rights
How did the ruling in Roe v. Wade serve to expand the individual rights of women? Select the two correct answers.
A. This ruling found that states could restrict access to abortions as long as they did not completely remove the right.
B. This ruling found that women had a constitutional right to privacy, which includes preventing pregnancy through the use of birth control/contraceptives.
C. This ruling found that women had a constitutional right to terminate pregnancies through abortion.
D. This ruling found that a woman has an unrestricted right to terminate pregnancy through an abortion only in her first trimester.
C. This ruling found that women had a constitutional right to terminate pregnancies through abortion.
D. This ruling found that a woman has an unrestricted right to terminate pregnancy through an abortion only in her first trimester.
Which classes of individuals did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 apply to? Select the three correct answers.
A. Sex
B. Wealth
C. Race
D. Religion
A. Sex
C. Race
D. Religion
How did the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments help expand individual rights? Select the three correct answers.
A. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments did not expand individual rights, but the Emancipation Proclamation did.
B. The Fifteenth Amendment expanded voting rights to men of color.
C. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed the practice of slavery, allowing individuals to escape involuntary servitude.
D. The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship and equal protection to former slaves and those naturalized in the United States.
B. The Fifteenth Amendment expanded voting rights to men of color.
C. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed the practice of slavery, allowing individuals to escape involuntary servitude.
D. The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship and equal protection to former slaves and those naturalized in the United States.
