Quiz Me! - Documents/Cases: Civil RightsTest your knowledge about documents and Supreme Court cases in the Civil Rights era! 1 / 10After a decade of recommendations by joint congressional commissions and President Truman’s administration, Congress eventually passed the _______________________, a modest attempt to address racial inequities. Civil Rights Act of 1957 Executive Order 10730 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Civil Rights Act of 1964 2 / 10Which landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down racial discrimination in jury selections? Sweatt v. Painter Gideon v. Wainwright Brown v. Board of Education Hernandez v. Texas 3 / 10Who is the author of the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail?” Henry David Thoreau Martin Luther King, Jr. Ralph Waldo Emerson Chief Justice Earl Warren 4 / 10Prior to The American Indian Citizenship Act,... Native Americans were not allowed to serve in the U.S. military Native Americans were subject to inconsistencies in state laws regarding citizenship Native Americans had to surrender their tribal citizenship Native Americans had gained full citizenship status through the 14th Amendment 5 / 10Under what authority did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964? “the commerce clause” - Article 1, Section 8 “the necessary and proper clause” - Article 1, Section 8 “the due process clause” - 5th Amendment “the equal protection clause” - 14th Amendment 6 / 10What is the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Sweatt v. Painter? It established the “separate but equal” doctrine and confirmed the legality of racial segregation It was a precursor to Brown v. Board of Education and challenged the “equal” in “separate but equal” It overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and ended racial discrimination It struck down segregation in K-12 public schools as unconstitutional 7 / 10Which landmark U.S. Supreme Court case overruled the “separate but equal” doctrine? Hernandez v. Texas Brown v. Board of Education Plessy v. Ferguson Sweatt v. Painter 8 / 10What 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 Magna Carta & The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence & The U.S. Constitution 9 / 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.’” On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. From a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama Outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Marching in San Francisco, California 10 / 10The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was… Signed by President Eisenhower the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction ALL of the above NONE of the above a response to pressure from African American veterans of WWII Your score is Try another 10!
