Civil Rights Pre-Test

1. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. TRUE 1. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

2. Cesar Chavez was a leader in the American Indian Civil Rights Movement. FALSE

3. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first piece of civil rights legislation passed since the Civil War. TRUE

4. Southern Governors George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox were all advocates for African American Civil Rights. FALSE

5. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery or involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime. TRUE

6. Rosa Parks was a leader in the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. FALSE

7. The Black Panthers used a non-violent approach to gaining Civil Rights for African Americans. FALSE

8. The 15th Amendment prohibits the government from denying the right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” TRUE

9. Title IX applies to equal opportunity for minorities in education facilities receiving federal funding. FALSE

10. The Chicano Mural Movement started in the Northeastern U.S. FALSE

11. The 24th Amendment prohibited the poll tax or other types of taxes as a requirement to vote. TRUE

12. Plessy vs. Ferguson is the Supreme Court case that integrated public schools. FALSE

13. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the I Have A Dream speech on August 28, 1963. TRUE

14. Thurgood Marshall was the head lawyer on the Brown vs 14. Thurgood Marshall was the head lawyer on the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court Case. TRUE

15. The American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was declared unconstitutional on the basis that it was not necessary, because Native Americans were already declared American Citizens in the Dawes Act. FALSE