3.05 Lesson Assessment: The Movement
Which of these statements accurately describes the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896?
It stated that separate facilities for blacks and whites was legal.
During which period did federal armies occupy the South and enforce social order?
Reconstruction
Which amendment to the United States Constitution provided for the right to vote regardless of race?
Fifteenth Amendment
Which amendment to the United States Constitution made citizens of all persons born in the United States?
Fourteenth Amendment
Which president signed the famous Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 into law?
Lyndon Johnson
Who was the most prominent clergyman of the civil rights movement?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What organization founded in 1909 tested segregation and discrimination laws in the courts and provided legal counsel for jailed demonstrators?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Which amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote?
Nineteenth Amendment
What organization was founded in 1957 to coordinate and raise funds, mostly from sources in the North, to support local civil rights protests and the training of black leaders?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Which amendment to the United States Constitution outlawed slavery?
Thirteenth Amendment