The civil rights movement- Chapt. 4, Lesson 3 & 4

Question 1

14th amendment

Answer 1

Equal protection under the Constitution for all United States citizens.

Question 2

15th amendment

Answer 2

No voting discrimination based upon race

Question 3

13th Amendment

Answer 3

The abolishment of slavery

Question 4

19th Amendment

Answer 4

Gave women the right to vote

Question 5

24th Amendment

Answer 5

It prohibits any poll tax in elections for Federals

Question 6

Rights act of 1964

Answer 6

This law banned segregation in stores, restaurants, hotels, and theaters. It ended discrimination in decisions about hiring workers.

Question 7

What was used to keep African men from voting?

Answer 7

Literacy tests, poll taxes, residency and property restrictions, and extra-legal activities like violence and intimidation were all used to keep African Americans from voting.

Question 8

Chicano Movement

Answer 8

The purpose was to end discrimination against Mexican American citizens

Question 9

Brown v. Board of education of Topeka Kansas

Answer 9

In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) they won a major victory. The Supreme Court struck down “separate but equal.” It also ruled that segregation in public schools was against the `Constitution.

Question 10

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 10

The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama

Question 11

Freedom Rides/Freedom Riders

Answer 11

A group of peaceful protesters that rode buses to show no more segregation of where black and whites should sit.

Question 12

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 12

Famous for his “I have a dream speech”, he wanted peace between all races and showed it by peacefully protesting. He was sadly assassinated by James Earl Ray

Question 13

What event helped promote an amendment that lowered the voting age to 18?

Answer 13

During the drafting of the Vietnam war

Question 14

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 14

Signed on January 1st 1863, it declared that all slaves should be free

Question 15

Poll tax

Answer 15

A sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot

Question 16

16th amendment

Answer 16

Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on income.

Question 17

What amendments were passed after the Civil War ended?

Answer 17

13th which abolished slavery, 14th no unfiar laws, and 15th gave african americans right to vote

Question 18

Affirmative action

Answer 18

The practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously

Question 19

Equal Rights Amendment

Answer 19

Stated that no state could deny any person equal rights because of gender. It did not become an amendment because it was never ratified by enough states.

Question 20

Years the states ratified the bills

Answer 20

1791

Question 21

23rd Amendment

Answer 21

Gave voting rights to the people living in Washington, D.C. They still do not have representatives in congress though.

Question 22

26th Amendment

Answer 22

Changed the minimum voting age to 18, it used to be 21

Question 23

What years was the Civil War fought?

Answer 23

1861-1865

Question 24

Gitlow v. New York

Answer 24

The case of Gitlow v. New York dealt with a number of Constitutional amendments, rights guaranteed to American citizens. The case also dealt with state governments and specifically their ability to uphold these civil liberties.

Question 25

17th Amendment

Answer 25

Changed the way U.S. Senators were elected, before they had been chosen by legislatures now they would be elected by the people.

Question 26

Voting rights act of 1965

Answer 26

This law removed state voting requirements that kept African Americans from the polls. It ensured that no citizens be denied the right to vote.

Question 27

Racial profiling

Answer 27

The use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense

Question 28

Black codes

Answer 28

Laws from after the Civil War that kept African Americans from holding certain jobs, gave them few property rights and limited their rights in other ways

Question 29

Eliminate

Answer 29

Take away or put an end to

Question 30

Suffrage

Answer 30

Right to vote

Question 31

Conduct

Answer 31

To carry out

Question 32

What was the Bill of Rights meant to do?

Answer 32

The Bill of Rights was meant to protect an individual’s civil rights and liberties.

Question 33

Susan B. Anthony

Answer 33

Campaigned for women’s suffrage.

Question 34

Hate crime

Answer 34

A violent act against a person because of his or her race, color, national origin, gender, or disability

Question 35

Discrimination

Answer 35

Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group

Question 36

Exploit

Answer 36

To use unfairly for someone else’s gain

Question 37

“Jim Crow” law

Answer 37

Southern segregation law

Question 38

Sit-in

Answer 38

The act of occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment as a form of organized protest

Question 39

Segregation

Answer 39

The social separation of the races

Question 40

Nonviolent resistence

Answer 40

Peaceful protest against laws believed to be unfair

Question 41

Persist

Answer 41

To last or to continue

Question 42

Civil rights

Answer 42

The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law

Question 43

Rosa Parks

Answer 43

Rosa Parks got on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She sat in the first row of the “colored only” section. As passengers boarded the bus, the “whites only” section filled. The driver ordered Parks to move. She refused. At the next bus stop, police took Parks off the bus, arrested her, and fined her $10.

Question 44

Boycott

Answer 44

to protest against something and completely avoid something.

Question 45

American Indian movement

Answer 45

Its goal was to improve the lives of Native Americans, many of whom were poor.

Question 46

National Organization for Women (1966)

Answer 46

the group dealt with many issues important to women. It worked to end discrimination on the job and to pass laws against domestic violence.

Question 47

Disabilities act

Answer 47

the law protects the rights of people with disabilities in the workplace and elsewhere.