Civil Rights
Session 7: Sample Assessment Items

Asterisk (*) indicates correct answer.

1.     Which Supreme Court decision legalized Jim Crow segregation in the South?
A.     Dred Scott v. Sanford
B.     Gideon v. Wainwright
C.     Plessy v. Ferguson *
D.     Brown v. Board of Education

2.     What was the result of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
A.     Desegregation of public schools *
B.     Integration of all public facilities
C.     Equal voting rights
D.     Abolition of the poll tax

3.     Which of the following methods of protest would Martin Luther King, Jr. have disapproved?
A.     Boycotts
B.     Public demonstrations
C.     Sit-ins
D.     Setting fire to a business *

4.     The result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 was
A.     greater restrictions for African Americans on public transportation.
B.     full desegregation of public transportation. *
C.     the end of bus service in cities.
D.     that African Americans still had to sit at the back of the bus.

5.     The Jim Crow laws passed in the South
A.     forced African Americans to take low-paying jobs.
B.     forced African Americans to move north.
C.     segregated African Americans from white society. *
D.     made it a crime for African Americans to attend school.

6.     The use of poll taxes was outlawed by the
A .    Voting Rights Act of 1965. *
B.     Civil Rights Act of 1964.
C.     13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
D.     Patriot Act.

7.     The National Organization for Women was created to
A.     work against gender discrimination in employment. *
B.     elect more women to public office.
C.     ensure that mothers have access to affordable daycare.
D.     ensure that women receive the right to vote.

8.     Which of the following is not true about women in American society by the mid 1990s?
A.     Most women worked for pay outside the home.
B.     Most women were paid less than men.
C.     Women had achieved full economic equality with men. *
D.     Women were underrepresented in the area of elected public office.

9.     All of the following promoted the growth of the suburbs except
A.     expanded highway construction.
B.     increased automobile production.
C.     low-cost government loans.
D.    lack of employment opportunities in the city. *