Quiz Me! - Era: Civil RightsTest your knowledge about the Civil Rights era. 1 / 10Under what authority did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964? “the equal protection clause” - 14th Amendment “the commerce clause” - Article 1, Section 8 “the due process clause” - 5th Amendment “the necessary and proper clause” - Article 1, Section 8 2 / 10In her 1963 book, The Feminie Mystique, Betty Friedan attributed her views on the the plight of women to The inclusion of women as equal employees in the work environment An abundance of women elected throughout the United States to political offices Women being judged on the merits of their husband and children rather than themselves The passing of the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States 3 / 10What founding documents influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech? The Declaration of Independence & The U.S. Constitution The Magna Carta & The Declaration of Independence The Bill of Rights & The Writ of Habeas Corpus The U.S. Constitution & The Federalist Papers 4 / 10Which of the following was not a belief or practice of Martin Luther King, Jr.? The use of the boycott could affect change Segregation was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment The Declaration of Independence supported the promise of equality The use of violent protest as a form of resistance 5 / 10Which is not an effect of the work of Betty Friedan? Laws that prohibited sex discrimination in the workplace The repeal of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution Establishing the modern women’s movement The creation of the National Organization for Women 6 / 10“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever” was a proclamation of which politician in his gubernatorial inauguration speech? Lester Maddox George Wallace Barry Golwater Ronald Regan 7 / 10Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaim, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’” From a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama Marching in San Francisco, California On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8 / 10Which U.S. Supreme Court case struck down racial segregation in higher education (colleges)? Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Education Hernandez v. Texas Sweatt v. Painter 9 / 10Who was the first Mexican American to receive the American Medal of Freedom? Henry Bonilla Sonia Sotomayor Cesar Chavez Hector P. Garcia 10 / 10Thurgood Marshall was denied entrance to law school by Maryland’s university school of law because of his race. Once a lawyer, he successfully challenged this policy in which civil rights case? Murray v. Pearson Dred Scott v. Sandford Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Education Your score is Try another 10!
