Quiz Me! - Documents/Cases: Civil Rights

Test your knowledge about documents and Supreme Court cases in the Civil Rights era!

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What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplish?

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Prior to The American Indian Citizenship Act,...

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What landmark piece of legislation banned racial discrimination in public accommodations such as restaurants and hotels?

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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?

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Which landmark U.S. Supreme Court case overruled the “separate but equal” doctrine?

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Who is the author of the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail?”

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What was one effect of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

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Which U.S. Supreme Court case struck down racial segregation in higher education (colleges)?

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In his open letter rebuking eight clergymen who opposed his views on civil rights, Martin Luther King, Jr. urged people to take part in...

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What founding documents influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech?

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