Civics john elick
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9th Grade 4-4 Study-guide (Pages 146-151)
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1. The Civil War amendments were meant to _______________________ African
American rights.
2. Why did these amendments not work?
Southern states passed laws to separate African Americans and whites in most public places.
This practice is called sergregation
3. What were the Jim Crow laws?
segregation laws that the south passed
4. What were some of the hardships African Americans faced?
African Americans were forced to ride in the back of buses. They were sent to separate
schools. They had to drink from separate drinking fountains.
5. Was the treatment fair in school? Explain.
No they did not receive the same education and did not get fair treatment
6. What happened in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?
A.
brown lived near a school
B. he was not allowed to go to this school
C.
they said this was unconstitutional
D.
E.
F.
G.
7. What amendment was this?
14
8. What happened during the Montgomery bus boycott?
A. rosa was arrested
B.
african americans would not ride the bus
C.
Bus companies lost money
D. took it to supreme court
E. court ruled it unconstitutional
9. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. lead through?
many boycotts and demonstrations
10. How were sit-ins effective?
the mad businesses change
11. What did the Civil Rights act of 1964 do?
banned segregation in most places
12. What did the 24th amendment do?
ended poll taxes and ended laws that keeps blacks from voting
13. Did this solve the problems?
no they made them take rigged tests
14. What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
banned the tests
15. Who was convinced to work for their rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
women, latinos, native americans
16. What is racial profiling?
people being seen as a suspect or something based on what they race is
17. Hate Crimes -
violent acts against a group because of ethnicity or beliefs
18. What is affirmative action?
a policy used to decrease the number of minorities working
19. Do you feel this is reverse discrimination?
kinda
20. What was the American Indian movement?
improve the lives of the natives
21. What was the Chicano movement?
the first segregation in the southwest
22. Who was Cesar Chavez?
the leader of this movement
23. Did the equal rights amendment pass?
it was approved but never became an amendment
24. What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
it protects americans with disabilities
