Civil Rights Check

This abolished slavery

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• Declaration of Independence

What kind of labor did MOST former slaves wind up doing after slavery was abolished?

• Politics

• Most got great paying jobs in factories

• Most found themselves working on farmland again

• Abolitionists

The 14th amendment, on paper, provided protection/citizenship rights to:

• Anyone

• Those born or naturalized in the US

• Those who were in the military

• People born in a foreign country

The 15th amendment gave African American men the right to____ (one word)

CHOOSE THREE WAYS that African Americans were prevented from voting:

• Poll Taxes

• Literacy Tests

• Had to work to vote

• Intimidation/

  threats

Black Codes were introduced in the 1800s. How did they threaten the purpose of the 14th amendment?

• It made it so African Americans had equal access to voting rights

• It abolished slavery

• They only provided marriage rights

• They had the effect of making life unequal for African Americans

Which event led to the deaths of South Carolina college students?

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Friendship Nine

• Orangeburg Massacre

• March on Washington

The purpose of "Jail no Bail" was to

• Have all the financial hardship of jailing/feeding people on the police/

  government

• Have jails empty of protestors

• Cause people to go to school more

• Intimidate the police

Who used/popularized the "Jail no Bail" tactic?

• MLK

• Friendship Nine

• Sons of Liberty

• Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was the spark for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. How long did it take for the bus company to desegregate its busses?

• Three weeks

• Six years

• 40,000 days

• Seven months