Civil rights are best defined as:
a) Freedoms protected from government interference
b) Obligations of citizens to obey laws
c) Rights to equal treatment and freedom from discrimination
d) Rights that only apply to minorities
Rights to equal treatment and freedom from discrimination
The Equal Protection Clause is found in:
a) The First Amendment
b) The Fourteenth Amendment
c) Article I of the Constitution
d) The Bill of Rights
The Fourteenth Amendment
The difference between civil liberties and civil rights is that:
a) There is no difference
b) Civil liberties protect freedoms from government interference; civil rights ensure equal treatment
c) Civil rights only apply to citizens
d) Civil liberties are not in the Constitution
Civil liberties protect freedoms from government interference; civil rights ensure equal treatment
The Thirteenth Amendment:
a) Granted women the right to vote
b) Abolished slavery
c) Established equal protection
d) Granted citizenship to former slaves
Abolished slavery
The Fourteenth Amendment granted:
a) Women’s suffrage
b) Citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and equal protection under the law
c) The right to vote regardless of race
d) Freedom of speech
Citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and equal protection under the law
The Fifteenth Amendment:
a) Abolished slavery
b) Granted citizenship to former slaves
c) Prohibited denial of voting rights based on race
d) Granted women the right to vote
Prohibited denial of voting rights based on race
Jim Crow laws were:
a) Laws protecting civil rights
b) State and local laws enforcing racial segregation
c) Federal civil rights protections
d) Laws granting voting rights
State and local laws enforcing racial segregation
The “separate but equal” doctrine was established in:
a) Brown v. Board of Education
b) Plessy v. Ferguson
c) Marbury v. Madison
d) McCulloch v. Maryland
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled that:
a) Separate but equal facilities were constitutional
b) Segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
c) Affirmative action was required
d) Voting rights must be protected
Segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
The Civil Rights Act of 1964:
a) Abolished slavery
b) Prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
c) Granted women the right to vote
d) Established affirmative action
Prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits:
a) Discrimination in voting
b) Discrimination in employment
c) Segregation in schools
d) Discrimination in housing
Discrimination in employment
The Voting Rights Act of 1965:
a) Granted women the right to vote
b) Eliminated barriers to voting for African Americans, including literacy tests
c) Established the Electoral College
d) Lowered the voting age to 18
Eliminated barriers to voting for African Americans, including literacy tests
The Nineteenth Amendment:
a) Abolished slavery
b) Granted women the right to vote
c) Prohibited racial discrimination in voting
d) Lowered the voting age
Granted women the right to vote
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment:
a) Granted women the right to vote
b) Lowered the voting age to 18
c) Abolished poll taxes
d) Prohibited age discrimination
Lowered the voting age to 18
Affirmative action refers to:
a) Taking action on legislation
b) Policies designed to increase opportunities for underrepresented groups
c) Positive thinking
d) Confirming judicial appointments
Policies designed to increase opportunities for underrepresented groups
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits:
a) Discrimination based on disability
b) Discrimination based on age
c) Discrimination based on gender
d) All forms of discrimination
Discrimination based on disability
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits:
a) Discrimination based on race in education
b) Sex discrimination in education programs receiving federal funds
c) Religious discrimination
d) Age discrimination in schools
Sex discrimination in education programs receiving federal funds
Strict scrutiny is:
a) A low standard of judicial review
b) The highest standard of judicial review used for laws involving race or fundamental rights
c) Review of financial records
d) A type of voting procedure
The highest standard of judicial review used for laws involving race or fundamental rights
Intermediate scrutiny is typically applied to cases involving:
a) Economic regulations
b) Gender discrimination
c) Freedom of speech
d) Criminal law
Gender discrimination
De jure segregation refers to:
a) Segregation by custom
b) Segregation established by law
c) Voluntary segregation
d) Economic segregation
Segregation established by law
De facto segregation refers to:
a) Segregation established by law
b) Segregation that exists in practice, often due to residential patterns
c) Segregation that has been eliminated
d) Segregation in federal buildings
Segregation that exists in practice, often due to residential patterns
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s used which tactics?
a) Violent revolution
b) Nonviolent protest, civil disobedience, and legal challenges
c) Ignoring discriminatory laws
d) Leaving the United States
Nonviolent protest, civil disobedience, and legal challenges
Which Supreme Court case legalized same-sex marriage nationwide?
a) Roe v. Wade
b) Brown v. Board of Education
c) Obergefell v. Hodges
d) Plessy v. Ferguson
Obergefell v. Hodges
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA):
a) Was ratified and is part of the Constitution
b) Was proposed but never ratified by enough states
c) Abolished slavery
d) Granted voting rights to women
Was proposed but never ratified by enough states
