Unit 11 Civil Rights Review

What was the purpose of the poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses used in the South?

• To promote educational opportunities

• To suppress African American voter turnout

• To encourage voter registration

• To ensure fair elections

Which amendment granted African American men the right to vote?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

What was one of the main goals of the Black Panther Movement?

• To promote non-violent protests

• To advocate for self-defense and community-based social programs

• To integrate schools

• To end the Vietnam War

What was the impact of affirmative action policies as a result of the Civil Rights Movement?

• Decreased minority representation in education and employment

• Increased minority representation in education and employment

• No change in minority representation

• Led to the end of the Civil Rights Movement

Which event helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• The March on Washington

• Rosa Parks' arrest

• The Freedom Rides

• The Selma to Montgomery marches

Which program introduced by President Johnson's Great Society aimed to provide healthcare to the elderly?

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• Social Security

• CHIP

Which event is considered the starting point of the modern Civil Rights Movement?

• The March on Washington

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The Selma to Montgomery marches

• The Freedom Rides

What was the main goal of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the Freedom Summer of 1964?

• To desegregate public schools

• To increase African American voter participation in the South

• To end the Vietnam War

• To promote economic equality

What was the main goal of the Jim Crow laws?

• To promote racial equality

• To enforce racial segregation

• To end slavery

• To provide equal voting rights

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment