Quiz Me! - Documents/Cases: Civil Rights Test your knowledge about documents and Supreme Court cases in the Civil Rights era! 1 / 10 The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was… NONE of the above a response to pressure from African American veterans of WWII ALL of the above Signed by President Eisenhower the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction 2 / 10 After the passage of The American Indian Citizenship Act, many Native Americans… lobbied for a constitutional amendment left their tribal reservations abandoned tribal citizenship in favor of U.S. citizenship felt the law was a violation of their sovereignty 3 / 10 What founding documents influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech? The U.S. Constitution & The Federalist Papers The Bill of Rights & The Writ of Habeas Corpus The Declaration of Independence & The U.S. Constitution The Magna Carta & The Declaration of Independence 4 / 10 What did President Eisenhower do to prevent the Governor of Arkansas from blocking nine African American students from entering a formerly all-white public school? held a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. proposed a bill to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education issued an executive order bringing the Arkansas National Guard under federal control ordered the arrest of Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus 5 / 10 Which landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down racial discrimination in jury selections? Sweatt v. Painter Hernandez v. Texas Gideon v. Wainwright Brown v. Board of Education 6 / 10 Which U.S. Supreme Court case struck down racial segregation in higher education (colleges)? Brown v. Board of Education Sweatt v. Painter Hernandez v. Texas Plessy v. Ferguson 7 / 10 Under what authority did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964? “the due process clause” - 5th Amendment “the commerce clause” - Article 1, Section 8 “the necessary and proper clause” - Article 1, Section 8 “the equal protection clause” - 14th Amendment 8 / 10 What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplish? It created federal oversight of states’ discriminatory voting practices It granted suffrage to all African American males It ended gerrymandering based on political parties It required voters to produce a photo ID to discourage voter fraud 9 / 10 What was one effect of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education? It overruled Plessy v. Ferguson It overruled Hernandez v. Texas Immediate desegregation in the south Creation of the NAACP 10 / 10 Which landmark U.S. Supreme Court case overruled the “separate but equal” doctrine? Sweatt v. Painter Brown v. Board of Education Plessy v. Ferguson Hernandez v. Texas Your score is Try another 10!
