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Test Bank For American Government and Politics Today The Essentials, 20th Edition
Chapter 5 – Civil Rights
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1. Where can the provision which states that all persons born in the United States are citizens be found? a. Thirteenth Amendment b. Fourteenth Amendment c. Fifteenth Amendment d. Nineteenth Amendment e. Declaration of Independence ANSWER: b POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: The African American Experience and the Civil Rights Movement QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 10.1.1 – Identify the ways in which the post-Civil War era was similar to what preceded it. DATE CREATED: 12/11/2020 12:50 AM DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2020 12:58 AM |
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2. What does the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolish? a. Slavery b. Segregation c. Restrictions on due process d. The sale and distribution of alcohol e. Restrictions on the right to vote ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: The African American Experience and the Civil Rights Movement QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 10.1.1 – Identify the ways in which the post-Civil War era was similar to what preceded it. DATE CREATED: 12/11/2020 1:00 AM DATE MODIFIED: 12/12/2020 6:14 AM |
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3. What were Jim Crow laws? a. Laws that established slavery and contract law regulating the slave trade b. Laws that justified slavery and set specific codes for the behavior of slaves c. Laws that the North enforced in the South during the Reconstruction era d. Laws that were enacted by southern whites in the late nineteenth century to establish segregation policies e. Laws that sought to end segregation by bringing the races into closer contact with one another ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: The African American Experience and the Civil Rights Movement QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 10.1.1 – Identify the ways in which the post-Civil War era was similar to what preceded it. DATE CREATED: 12/11/2020 1:03 AM DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2020 1:05 AM |
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4. Which amendment forbade the states from denying any person “equal protection under the law”? a. Tenth b. Twelfth c. Thirteenth d. Fourteenth e. Fifteenth ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: The African American Experience and the Civil Rights Movement QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 10.1.1 – Identify the ways in which the post-Civil War era was similar to what preceded it. DATE CREATED: 12/11/2020 1:05 AM DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2020 1:07 AM |
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5. Which of the following did the Fifteenth Amendment do? a. Outlaw slavery b. Provide equal protection under the law c. Give 18-year-olds the right to vote d. State that the right to vote shall not be abridged on account of race e. Give women the right to vote ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCES: The African American Experience and the Civil Rights Movement QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 10.1.1 – Identify the ways in which the post-Civil War era was similar to what preceded it. DATE CREATED: 12/11/2020 1:07 AM DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2020 1:09 AM |
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6. What did the U.S. Supreme Court do in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)? a. It ruled that African Americans are not persons for the purposes of the Constitution. b. It tried to stop the development of legal racial segregation known as Jim Crow laws. c. It stated that schools may not practice any type of racial segregation. d. It agreed that separation of races is not a violation of the Constitution. e. It ruled that the practice of slavery must cease before the end of the century. ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCES: The African American Experience and the Civil Rights Movement QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 10.1.2 – Explain how the “separate but equal” doctrine came to be. STATE STANDARDS: United States – TX – Critical Thinking Skills (CT) – Creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of information. DATE CREATED: 12/11/2020 1:09 AM DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2020 1:11 AM |
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